Patent ID: 7051917
Filing Date: 2006-05-30
Classification: B23K

Abstract:
1. A method of welding a planar, transaxial end expanse of an elongate structural I-beam to a confronting, beam-attaching facial side in an initially separate, generally planar, beam-attaching end component whose beam-attaching facial side is intended, with the I-beam and end component joined to one another, to span the entire end footprint of the beam, said method comprising preparing the subject beam end by assuring that the two flanges in the beam terminate at the associated end of the beam with generally overall planar expanses which lie in a substantially common transaxial plane which is disposed generally normal to the beam's long axis, preparing the end component's beam-attaching facial side with a pair spaced, elongate troughs which are arranged so as substantially directly to confront the flanges' mentioned planar expanses under circumstances with the beam and component brought into appropriate relative positions preparatory for joinder, and with those relative positions established, producing weld connections which substantially fill the troughs with weld material, thereby to establish weld joinder between the beam and component.