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Lesson 3 - Covered Electrodes for Welding Mild Steels Current Chapter Table of Contents

Lesson 1 The Basics of Arc Welding

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E7016. The smooth arc and easy w elding w ith the E7018 electrode make it a w elder's favorite. The relatively high w elding currents and the addition of the iron pow der melting into the w eld metal result in higher deposition rates and higher deposition efficiencies. The E7018 covered mild steel electrode deposits the highest quality w eld metal available from manual arc w elding. The only major disadvantage of the E7018 is the need to be kept dry. Electrodes that have picked up moisture by exposure to the atmosphere or other sources deposit porous w eld metal. Also E7018 electrodes cannot be used to w eld the root pass in an open butt joint w ithout excess porosity. When E7018 electrodes are to be used in butt w elds, the root should be closed by a backing bar, ceramic back-up tape, or consumable insert. If a backing bar is used, it must be removed after the joint is w elded by the gas metal arc or the gas tungsten arc process and successive passes applied w ith E7018 for a high quality w eld metal deposit.

Lesson 2 Common Electric Arc Welding Processes Lesson 3 Covered Electrodes for Welding Mild Steels Lesson 4 Covered Electrodes for Welding Low Alloy Steels Lesson 5 Welding Filler Metals for Stainless Steels

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3.4.1.7 The E7024 classification of covered mild steel electrodes is the result of heavy additions of iron pow der to the E6012 formulation and large increases in the amount of coating on the core w ire. About 50% of the coating is iron pow der. Very high deposition rates and deposition efficiencies result from this combination of more coating and iron pow der. The electrode is limited to w elding horizontal fillets and flat positions. The quality of the w eld metal is not as high as that from E7018 electrodes since the ductility of E7024 w eld metal is low er.

Turn Pages Lesson 6 Carbon & Low Alloy Steel Filler Metals GMAW,GTAW,SAW Lesson 7 Flux Cored Arc Electrodes Carbon Low Alloy Steels
7 DEPOSITION RATE 5/ 32" DIA. COVERED ELECTRODES

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WELDING AMPERES DEPOSITION RATE, 5/32" DIAMETER COVERED ELECTRODES FIGURE 4

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