Welding symbols on drawings

Released on = April 22, 2007, 11:04 pm

Press Release Author = Bharat Book Bureau

Industry = Marketing

Press Release Summary = - important differences of welding symbols for different
standards are explained
- provides up to date information on the ISO and AWS standards and their comparison
- contains examples of the application of welded symbols

Weld symbols on drawings was originally published in 1982 based on BS 499 (British
Standards Institution 1980), ISO 2553 (International Standards Organisation 1979)
and ANSI/AWS A2.4 (American Welding Society-1979) standards.

Press Release Body = Welding symbols on drawings
by E N Gregory and A A Armstrong, formerly BSI, UK

Key Features of Welding symbols on drawings :

- important differences of welding symbols for different standards are explained
- provides up to date information on the ISO and AWS standards and their comparison
- contains examples of the application of welded symbols

Weld symbols on drawings was originally published in 1982 based on BS 499 (British
Standards Institution 1980), ISO 2553 (International Standards Organisation 1979)
and ANSI/AWS A2.4 (American Welding Society-1979) standards. These standards have
been through numerous revisions over the last few years; and the current standards
are ISO 2553 1992, BSEN 22553 1995, and ANSI/AWS A2.4 1998. The American system of
symbolisation is currently used by approximately half of the world's industry. Most
of the rest of the world use ISO. The British system was standardised in 1933 and
the latest of five revisions was published in 1995 as BSEN 22553, which is identical
to ISO 2553. For many years an ISO committee has been working on combining ISO and
AWS to create a combined worldwide standard, but while discussions continue this
could take many years to achieve.

Welding symbols on drawings provides an up-to-date review on the application of ISO
and AWS standards and a comparison between them. Many thousands of engineering
drawings are currently in use, which have symbols and methods of representation from
superseded standards. The current European and ISO standards and the American
standard are substantially similar, but the ANSI/AWS standard includes some
additional symbols and also symbols for non-destructive testing. Although symbols in
the different standards are similar, the arrows showing locations of welds are
different, these important differences are explained. ISO contains limited
information on brazed or soldered joints these are covered in ANSI/AWS. Some
examples of the application of welding symbols are also included.

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