We came across a weld tail symbol "TYP E.E." in a drawing on site. I looked up the symbol and it seems to be a frequently used welding abbreviation, but I was wondering if anyone here know what the abbreviation means? We understand the TYP means Typical, but never came across the "E.E." abbreviation.
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Several years ago, we came across a similar abbreviation, so I'm going off of memory here. Take it with a grain of salt...
We contacted the engineering firm, and I believe their response was "Everywhere Encountered".
The use of TYP already means that, I suppose some unknowing and extra cautious engineers want to drive that point home - by using another vague acronym! SMH...
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We contacted the engineering firm, and I believe their response was "Everywhere Encountered".
The use of TYP already means that, I suppose some unknowing and extra cautious engineers want to drive that point home - by using another vague acronym! SMH...
The devil is in the details; she also wears prada.
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I once googled the interweb looking for the definition of an acronym, and one of the hits was a list containing over 13,000(!!). That is far more than most folk's working vocabularies.
Inventing acronyms (Cf. Linkedin) is a way of establishing legitimacy and one's superior credentials in a field, especially a field that has just been made up by a startup with a synthetic name like Agilent or Citrix or RedHat (there's probably more than 13,000 of those out there too).
For the love of humanity, stop the madness! (End of rant.)
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Inventing acronyms (Cf. Linkedin) is a way of establishing legitimacy and one's superior credentials in a field, especially a field that has just been made up by a startup with a synthetic name like Agilent or Citrix or RedHat (there's probably more than 13,000 of those out there too).
For the love of humanity, stop the madness! (End of rant.)
"Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but they are not entitled to their own facts."
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@winelandv - that is what i was thinking too! I guess some context is useful. The weld symbol is observed at the end of a joist brace member:
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Since this is an international forum, what is the governing standard?
AWS A2.4 which covers welding, brazing, and NDE symbols includes the acronyms recognized by that standard. E.E., don't recollect seeing it in there.
Failing to find the acronym in the governing standard, I would defer to the folks that provided the drawings. Let them earn their paycheck.
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AWS A2.4 which covers welding, brazing, and NDE symbols includes the acronyms recognized by that standard. E.E., don't recollect seeing it in there.
Failing to find the acronym in the governing standard, I would defer to the folks that provided the drawings. Let them earn their paycheck.
Best regards - Al
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