Welding positions

Problem/ Possible cause

Porosity
Wire, gas or moisture on work piece
Gas flow to low
To much gas (turbulance)
Gas nozle filled with spatters, diffuser dirty.
Stick out to long
Gas leakage
To much arc voltage
Workpiece conterminated
Draft
Work piece to hot
Slag inclusions
Travel speed tolow
To much wire speed
Welding pushing (pulling with slag wires)
Binding failures
Arc voltage to high / to low
Travel speed to high / to low
Low current
Angle of torch
Cracks
Wrong welding technick (heat input to high)
Wrong filler metal
(stainles steel) ferrite to low
To much spatters
Arc voltage to low

To much wire speed

Bad current carrying capacity (worn out contact-tip)
Inductance to low
Wrong torch angle
Stick out to long
Irregular weld seam
Scale wire speed / arc voltage wrong
Irregular travelspeed
Irregular stick out
Feeding problems
Worn out wire feed rollers
Diameter wire does not fit the rollers
Bad conductivity (worn out contact tip)
Demaged torch or torch to long
Roller presure to low
Replace liner
Arc pulls back
Arc voltage to high
Wire speed to low
Wire feeding problems
Wire motor worn out
Contact tip to hot
Wire sticks in weld pool
Arc voltage to low
Wire speed to high