Shaped busbars may be prefabricated by using friction stir welding. There are many situations where it is necessary to join two busbars to create a single, unified unit. The result of. All splice plates can be accessed, bolted and unbolted from the front of the switchboard to make connections of adjacent sections easy. Bolted joints (most common) Bolted joints are formed by overlapping the bars and bolting through the. 6. 0 Jointing of Copper Busbars David Chapman 6. Joints need to be mechanically strong, resistant to environmental effects and. How much increase in electrical resistance and how much decrease in withstanding shear destructive forces are expected when hybrid busbars are subjected to salt spray tests capable of replicating the exposure to corrosion over time? How much significant is the reduction in the number of galvanic. NOTE: On the integral splice bar assembly, located on the left side of each phase bus, the number of splice bars used on each phase is one greater than the number of main horizontal bus bars.