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Weld Access holes in equipment skids

Weld Access holes in equipment skids

Weld Access holes in equipment skids

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I just tested a theory of mine that equipment skid manufactures don't use weld access holes when joining beams together. I can't remember ever seeing any. I googled "equipment skids" and looked at photos of several skids. I didn't see any access holes. You may argue that they fill them in. That may be. If they do, they do an awful good job.

If they don't in fact use weld access holes is there any justification for this? Do residual stresses in welds that cross each other take a holiday for skids? From a strength perspective I can see not getting full penetration in the flange over the web probably isn't a big deal because there's usually not much bending in a skid except perhaps when you lift it.

Would appreciate thoughts on the subject. We're about to add skids to our repertoire and if we can skip the weld access holes that would speed up the fabrication time and time is money.

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