WELDING

TERMS & DEFINITIONS

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 Welding Terms and Definitions
Joint
• Included angle • Toe
• Angle of bevel • Capping runs
• Parent metal • Face
• Root face • Reinforcement
• Root gap • Fill runs
• Penetration
• Pipe welding • Root run
• Hot pass • Penetration bead
• HAZ
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Butt Weld

Single vee butt joint Single bevel butt joint

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Fillet Weld

T fillet Lap fillet

Horizontal - Vertical (H/V) fillet Lap joint
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Fillet Weld

Corner fillet Fillet weld forming a slot weld

Corner weld Slot weld
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Parts of a Weld - Face

The visible surface of a completed weld

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Parts of a Weld - Toe

The junction of the parent metal and the weld face

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Parts of a Weld - Root

The innermost part of a weld directly opposite the weld face

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Parts of a Weld - Root Penetration

The amount by which the weld metal penetrates past the edge
preparation
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Parts of a Weld - Reinforcement

The amount the weld face extends beyond the parent metal in a
flat butt weld or beyond a line joining the toes of a fillet weld
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Parts of a Weld - Leg Length

The distance from the original root of a fillet weld preparation to

the toe of the weld
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Parts of a Weld - Throat Thickness

The distance from the root of a weld to the face of the weld
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Types of edge preparations - Butt
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Types of edge preparations - Fillet
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Types of edge preparations - Plug and Slot
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Parts of a Weld Preparation - Single ‘V’
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Parts of a Weld Preparation - Single Bevel
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Weld Sizes - Fillet Welds

• Determined by their leg lengths

• Must have a throat thickness equal to 70% of the leg length
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Weld Sizes - Butt Welds
Full Penetration Partial Penetration

• Depth is at least equal to the parent metal thickness

• Height of reinforcement does not form part of a butt weld’s
size (Should not exceed more than 4 mm for a 10 mm plate
• Partial penetration weld depth is stated on the specifications
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Weld Positions - Flat (Down-hand)

Position: 1G Position: 1F

Natural Vee
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Weld Positions - Horizontal

Position: 2F Position: 2G
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Weld Positions - Vertical

Position: 3F Position: 3G
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Weld Positions - Over-head

Position: 4G Position: 4F
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Weld Positions - Pipe

Position: 1G (pipe rotated) Position: 2G

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Weld Positions - Pipe

Position: 5G (pipe fixed) Position: 6G (pipe axis 45º)