Unit 17 - Plug and Slot Welds

- Slot welds are typically used in lap joints where the fillet weld length is limited Plug Welds:

Click the Welding Sym-Slot-Plug tool from the DimsNotes tool set · Click to place the object in the drawing, and click again to set the rotation · Once the

plug and slot welds Slot and Plug Symbol Slot and plug welds are made when holes are created in one material and then welded to another by filling the holes with weld metal

plug and slot weld Slot weld is also shown in the figure above It is quite similar to the plug weld, except that the hole is not circular, it is an elongated hole