, Print Reading
For Welding and Fabrication
Kevin Corgan
Southwestern Illinois College
Prentice Hall
Boston Columbus Indianapolis New York San Francisco Upper Saddle River
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,Vice President and Editor in Chief: Vernon R. Operations Specialist: Laura Weaver
Anthony Art Director: Jayne Conte
Acquisitions Editor: David Ploskonka Cover Designer: Axell Designs
Editorial Assistant: Nancy Kesterson Cover Image: Age Fotostock / Superstock
Director of Marketing: David Gesell AV Project Manager: Janet Portisch
Executive Marketing Manager: Derril Trakalo Full-Service Project Management: Karpagam
Senior Marketing Coordinator: Alicia Wozniak Jagadeesan, GGS Higher Education Resources, PMG
Marketing Assistant: Les Roberts Composition: GGS Higher Education Resources,
Project Manager: Maren L. Miller A Division of PreMedia Global, Inc.
Senior Managing Editor: JoEllen Gohr Printer/Binder: Quebecor Printing/Dubuque
Associate Managing Editor: Alexandrina Cover Printer: Lehigh-Phoenix Color/Hagerstown
Benedicto Wolf Text Font: Palatino
Senior Operations Supervisor: Pat Tonneman
Credits and acknowledgments borrowed from other sources and reproduced, with permission, in this textbook
appear on the appropriate page within the text. Unless otherwise stated, all figures and tables have been
provided by the author.
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New Jersey, 07458. All rights reserved. Manufactured in the United States of America. This publication is
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Where those designations appear in this book, and the publisher was aware of a trademark claim, the
designations have been printed in initial caps or all caps.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Corgan, K. (Kevin)
Print reading : for welding and fabrication / K. Corgan. — 1e.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-13: 978-0-13-502817-9 (alk. paper)
ISBN-10: 0-13-502817-5 (alk. paper)
1. Blueprints. 2. Welding joints—Drawings. 3. Welding—Drawings. 4. Machinery—Drawings. I. Title.
T379.C66 2011
604.2’5—dc22
2009044133
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
ISBN 10: 0-13-502817-5
ISBN 13: 978-0-13-502817-9
, CONTENTS
PREFACE v
CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION TO PRINT READING 1
CHAPTER 2
TYPES OF LINES 16
CHAPTER 3
BASIC DRAWING VIEWS 28
CHAPTER 4
DIMENSIONS 43
CHAPTER 5
NOTES AND SPECIFICATIONS 58
CHAPTER 6
MATERIALS 72
CHAPTER 7
WELD JOINTS 103
CHAPTER 8
WELD TYPES 119
CHAPTER 9
INTRODUCTION TO WELDING SYMBOLS 135
CHAPTER 10
ADVANCED WELDING SYMBOLS 149
iii
For Welding and Fabrication
Kevin Corgan
Southwestern Illinois College
Prentice Hall
Boston Columbus Indianapolis New York San Francisco Upper Saddle River
Amsterdam Cape Town Dubai London Madrid Milan Munich Paris Montreal Toronto
Delhi Mexico City Sao Paulo Sydney Hong Kong Seoul Singapore Taipei Tokyo
,Vice President and Editor in Chief: Vernon R. Operations Specialist: Laura Weaver
Anthony Art Director: Jayne Conte
Acquisitions Editor: David Ploskonka Cover Designer: Axell Designs
Editorial Assistant: Nancy Kesterson Cover Image: Age Fotostock / Superstock
Director of Marketing: David Gesell AV Project Manager: Janet Portisch
Executive Marketing Manager: Derril Trakalo Full-Service Project Management: Karpagam
Senior Marketing Coordinator: Alicia Wozniak Jagadeesan, GGS Higher Education Resources, PMG
Marketing Assistant: Les Roberts Composition: GGS Higher Education Resources,
Project Manager: Maren L. Miller A Division of PreMedia Global, Inc.
Senior Managing Editor: JoEllen Gohr Printer/Binder: Quebecor Printing/Dubuque
Associate Managing Editor: Alexandrina Cover Printer: Lehigh-Phoenix Color/Hagerstown
Benedicto Wolf Text Font: Palatino
Senior Operations Supervisor: Pat Tonneman
Credits and acknowledgments borrowed from other sources and reproduced, with permission, in this textbook
appear on the appropriate page within the text. Unless otherwise stated, all figures and tables have been
provided by the author.
Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Prentice Hall, One Lake Street, Upper Saddle River,
New Jersey, 07458. All rights reserved. Manufactured in the United States of America. This publication is
protected by Copyright, and permission should be obtained from the publisher prior to any prohibited
reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical,
photocopying, recording, or likewise. To obtain permission(s) to use material from this work, please submit
a written request to Pearson Education, Inc., Permissions Department, One Lake Street, Upper Saddle River,
New Jersey, 07458.
Many of the designations by manufacturers and seller to distinguish their products are claimed as trademarks.
Where those designations appear in this book, and the publisher was aware of a trademark claim, the
designations have been printed in initial caps or all caps.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Corgan, K. (Kevin)
Print reading : for welding and fabrication / K. Corgan. — 1e.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-13: 978-0-13-502817-9 (alk. paper)
ISBN-10: 0-13-502817-5 (alk. paper)
1. Blueprints. 2. Welding joints—Drawings. 3. Welding—Drawings. 4. Machinery—Drawings. I. Title.
T379.C66 2011
604.2’5—dc22
2009044133
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
ISBN 10: 0-13-502817-5
ISBN 13: 978-0-13-502817-9
, CONTENTS
PREFACE v
CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION TO PRINT READING 1
CHAPTER 2
TYPES OF LINES 16
CHAPTER 3
BASIC DRAWING VIEWS 28
CHAPTER 4
DIMENSIONS 43
CHAPTER 5
NOTES AND SPECIFICATIONS 58
CHAPTER 6
MATERIALS 72
CHAPTER 7
WELD JOINTS 103
CHAPTER 8
WELD TYPES 119
CHAPTER 9
INTRODUCTION TO WELDING SYMBOLS 135
CHAPTER 10
ADVANCED WELDING SYMBOLS 149
iii
