(8th Edition)
Published 2010
By A. E. Bennett & Louis J. Siy
Now in its eighth edition, this hands-on blueprint reading guide contains the most comprehensive, up-to-date coverage of welding symbols and their application to welding prints and practices. Blueprint Reading For Welders, 8th Edition provides the knowledge needed to interpret all types of working sketches and prints, from the simplest to the most complex, through step-by-step instructions. Both AWS and ISO welding symbols are included, along with prints at the end of each unit. The book's advanced coverage includes auxiliary views, detail views, projections, sections, and detail and assembly drawings. This latest edition incorporates changes that reflect the most current weld symbols, dimensioning practices, and specifications used on prints so readers can feel confident they are getting cutting-edge information that they can easily apply to work in the field.
Benefits:
- review assignments at the end of every chapter reinforce critical content.
- coverage of pipe welding symbols prepares readers for alternate career paths in the welding industry.
- valuable Appendices include specification sheets for structural metal shapes, a table of weld symbols, and conversion tables for decimals, fractions, inches, and millimeters.
- USA system of measurement - metric conversions also included for quick reference.
- folded tear-out drawings at the back of the book are included as reproductions of various assignment drawings in a larger size for ease of use.
- NEW! all new 2-sided plastic Weld Symbols Wheel written in English and Spanish listing 30 types of welds by name and symbol included with the book.
Also see Blueprint Reading for Welders - e-resource.