Welding Electrodes & Flux (Blended Powder)
Mild Steel General Purpose
Characteristics: A rutile coated general purpose electrode, the most popular in its class for economy and versatility. Good penetration and easy slag detachability. Easy to use and no special technique is required. It is suitable for all positional use and particularly for down hand and horizontal-vertical positions. Gives a sound joint even on rusty plates and uneven joints with higher root gaps.
Applications: General purpose welding of mild steel particularly grills, gates, repair jobs, steel furniture, steel framework, truck and bus bodies, the superstructure of ships, and all types of fabrication work.
Stainless Steel
Characteristics: Rutile coated all positional austenitic stainless steel electrodes. The electrode is suitable for welding of 18% Chromium 8% Nickel type, AISI 304 stainless steel sheets, pipes, and castings. Excellent weld bead appearance giving mitre in Horizontal-Vertical and other positions. Smooth stable arc, good wetting, low spatter, and easy restarting properties. Fluid but controlled slag with good slag detachability properties. Minimum time requires for cleaning, grinding and polishing.
Applications: Suitable for similar unstabilized varieties of stainless steel such as AISI 301,302,302B, 303, 304, and 305. The electrode has ferrite controlled within 6-10% and has good crack resistance. It can also be used for surfacing and overlay applications and joining 14% Manganese steel.
Low Hydrogen
Characteristics: A basic coated, low-hydrogen electrode designed for welding mild, medium carbon steel, low alloy steels, medium tensile steels, free cutting and difficult steels, grey cast iron using AC or DC power sources for a complete absence of porosity and cracking. It gives excellent operator appeal in all welding positions and exhibits a smooth, penetrating arc with an excellent bead appearance and shape. Slag is easy to control and remove. The composition of the coating ensures high weld metal ductility, extremely low hydrogen and absence of other non-metallic inclusions. The electrode allows touch welding and deposits weld metal of highest radiographic soundness, free from under bead cracking and high notch ductility at sub zero temperature. The striking end of the electrode is tipped with a special compound and so minimizes the risk of “start run” porosity.
Applications: All positional (except vertical down) fillet and butt welding of general-purpose hydrogen controlled work where the emphasis is on operator appeal. It is also recommended for more critical applications where low-temperature impact toughness to -30C is required. Typical applications include pressure vessel fabrication, bridge and shipbuilding, and repair and maintenance work.
Cast Iron
Characteristics: Monel (Nickel-Copper alloy) core electrode for making machinable deposit on cast iron and for welding grey cast iron without preheating. The deposited weld gives a good colour match and the electrode is particularly suitable for rectification and rebuilding of castings. The electrode has a smooth arc and the deposited weld is round and neat in appearance. The slag is very easily detached.
Applications: Used extensively for filling up flaws, blowholes, and pockets, etc in gray iron castings.
Hard Facing
A Rutile coated hard facing electrode depositing air-hardening weld metal ranging from 350-650 VPN An all position electrodes with typical applications being used in mixer blades, brake shoes, crane wheels, dies, drill bits, shears etc.
