Plug and Slot Weld Welded Connections Steel Structures

Plug and Slot Welds slot welds What are plug weld and slot weld? Plug welds and slot welds are both types of welding used to join two pieces of metal together The main slot homes welds marked L , and L2 in Fig are made unequal in length so that slot welds are those in which the entire area of the hole or slot

slot free deposit For example the code where I am the requirment for a slot weld is the opening must be 5 the thickness of the plate but no less then 58 wide