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How to Determine the Strength of a Transverse Fillet Weld

Unless you are a design engineer you typically don’t have to worry about determining the strength of a weld.  The strength of a weld refers to its load carrying capacity, or how much load it can handle before it fails.   However, it is very important for all of us involved in the welding process, from […]

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Fillet Weld Leg Sizes Are Meaningless!

Measuring fillet weld legs is meaningless, well… not really.  Fillet weld leg sizes are very important, but simply measuring the leg of a fillet weld does not tell us if we actually achieved the desired throat dimension.  The strength of a fillet weld is determined by its effective throat.  As you can see in the […]