Welding Aluminum Joints. Corner joints are used a lot for making tanks battery boxes reservoirs etc. There are 5 basic types of weld joints.
Lap joints are very common for patches mounting tabs and brackets etc. But few fabricators manufacture aluminum piping systems and the manufacturing techniques arent as widely known. TIG Welding Aluminum - Tips for 2f Tee Joints - YouTube.
TIG Welding Aluminum - Tips for 2f Tee Joints - YouTube.
Remove the oxide layer. There are a few primary areas of difficulty that come with welding aluminum because of aluminums various properties. Aluminum piping is test-welded in a laboratory. Strength of Aluminum T-Joint Fillet Welds New design considerations are proposed for T-joints loaded in both transverse and longitudinal directions BY C.