Plate Thickness and Minimum Welding Pitch

WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2004 Suzuki Swift + and 2004 Chevrolet Aveo. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.

Fig 1: View of Welding Intervals

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When the welding intervals (1) are too small, this leads to branching, making it impossible to maintain the desired soldering state.

Welding Intervals

Plate Thickness	0.6 mm	0.024 in
	0.9 mm	0.035 in
	1.2 mm	0.047 in
	1.6 mm	0.063 in
Minimum Intervals	11 mm	0.433 in
	16 mm	0.630 in
	20 mm	0.787 in
	24 mm	0.944 in