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Stainless-steel cored wires have low spatter level

An ESAB product story
Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team May 29, 2009

ESAB has launched the Shield-Bright range of stainless-steel cored wires, designed to deliver productive all-positional welding.

The rutile-type wires have good weldability on conventional non-pulsing power sources under Ar/CO2 mixed gas and CO2 shielding gas.

The Shield-Bright range of stainless cored wires operate in spray arc mode and have a very low spatter level

The Shield-Bright range of stainless cored wires operate in spray arc mode and have a very low spatter level

Always operating in the smooth spray arc mode, they are 'welder-friendly' wires with a very low spatter level, according to ESAB.

The slag is self-lifting or easily detached, leaving behind a clean, flat weld surface with a good penetration and very smooth wetting onto the plate edges.

There are two series of wires.

The all-positional Shield-Bright wires have fast-freezing slag to support the weld metal.

This enables deposition rates in positional welding that cannot be equalled by stick electrodes or solid wires.

Typical positional welding defects, such as lack of fusion and slag inclusions are avoided due to the spray arc operation.

The Shield-Bright X-tra range is optimised for downhand and horizontal vertical fillet welding, having a slow freezing fluid slag to allow high travel speeds.

Welds are flat to concave with good wetting and have a positive penetration.

This is particularly beneficial in areas with high cosmetic or corrosion requirements such as the food processing and paper and pulp industries.

Unlike solid wires no silica islands are produced, so time is saved on cleaning the welds.

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