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Definition of Butt weld

1. Noun. A butt joint that is welded.

Literary usage of Butt weld

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Forging: Manual of Practical Instruction in Hand Forging of Wrought Iron by John Jernberg (1919)
"Typical butt weld Before and After Welding more or less upset at the joint, making a sort of a ... A butt weld is not as safe or as strong as a lap weld. ..."

2. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1920)
"For instance, a butt weld between two pieces of carbon tool steel (carbon about ... An annealed butt weld of this kind will show a very well denned central ..."

3. Notes for Forge Shop Practice: A Course for High Schools by James Drake Littlefield (1910)
"The butt weld. This weld is made by welding pieces together end to end. ... The butt weld is not safe or strong like the Lap Weld. Long pieces may be welded ..."

4. Modern Shop Practice: A General Reference Work by Howard Monroe Raymond, American Technical Society (1917)
"Typical butt weld Before and After Welding welding as shown in Fig. 36. butt welding. When pieces are simply welded together end to end, making-a square ..."

5. Mechanical Technology: Being a Treatise on the Materials and Preparatory by George Frederick Charnock (1916)
"Wrought iron gas pipe is made with a butt weld, as it is cheaper, and no great strength ... A butt-weld is neither so strong nor so reliable as a lap-weld, ..."

6. Wrought-pipe Drainage Systems by John Joseph Cosgrove (1909)
"is known as a butt-weld and is used only in the manufacture of pipes that are tested to a less pressure than 600 pounds per square inch. ..."

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