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Identification of wire electrodes for submerged arc welding is based on the average Mncontent and is carried out in steps of 0.5%, Figure 3.3. Standardisation for welding filler materials for unalloyed steels as well as for fine-grain structural steels is contained in DIN EN 756, for creep resistant steels in DIN pr EN 12070 (previously DIN 8575) and for stainless and heat resistant steels in DIN pr EN 12072 (previously DIN 8556-10).

The proportions of additional alloying elements are dependent on the materials to be welded and on the mechanical-technological demands which emerge from the prevailing operating conditions, Figure 3.4. Connected to this, most important alloying elements are manganese for strength, molybdenum for high-temperature strength and nickel for toughness.
DIN EN 756 Reference analysis mat.-no. approx. weight % S1 C = 0,08 1.0351 Si = 0,09 Mn = 0,50 S2 1.5035 C = 0,10 Si = 0,10 Mn = 1,00 C = 0,11 Si = 0,15 Mn = 1,50 C = 0,10 Si = 0,30 Mn = 1,00 C = 0,10 Si = 0,15 Mn = 1,00 Mo = 0,50 C = 0,09 Si = 0,12 Mn = 1,00 Ni = 1,20 C = 0,10 Si = 0,12 Mn = 1,00 Ni = 2,20 C = 0,12 Si = 0,15 Mn = 1,00 Mo = 0,50 Ni = 1,00

Properties and application

alloy type Mn

commercial wire electrodes S1 S2 S3 S4 S2Mo S3Mo S4Mo S2Ni1 S2Ni2 S2NiMo1 S3NiMo1 S3NiV1 S1NiCrMo2,5 S2NiCrMo1 S3NiCrMo2,5

main alloying elements Mn Ni Mo Cr V 0,5 1,0 1,5 2,0 1,0 1,5 2,0 1,0 1,0 1,0 1,5 1,5 0,5 1,0 1,5 1,0 2,0 1,0 1,0 1,0 2,5 1,0 2,5 0,6 0,8 0,6 0,5 0,6 0,8 0,5 0,5 0,15 0,5 0,5 0,5

For lower welding joint quality requirements;in: boiler and tank construction, pipe production, structural steel engineering, shipbuilding For higher welding joint quality requirements; in: pipe production, boiler and tank construction, sructural steel engineering, shipbuilding. Fine-grain structural steels up to StE 380. For high-quality welds with medium wall-thicknesses. Fine-grain structural steels up to StE 420. Especially suitable for welding of pipe steels, no tendency to porosity of unkilled steels. Fine-grain structural steels up to StE 420. For welding in boiler and tank construction and pipeline production with creep-resistant steels. Working temperatures of up 500 C. Suitable for higher-strength fine-grain structural steels. For welding low-temperature fine-grain structural steels. Non-ageing. Especially suitable for low-temperature welds. Non-ageing.

MnMo

S3 1.5064 S2Si 1.5034

Ni NiMo NiV NiCrMo

S2Mo 1.5425

S2Ni1

S2Ni2

From a diameter of 3 mm upwards all wire electrodes have to be marked with the following symbols: S1 Si Mo S6: I : _ : IIIIII Example: S2Si: II _ S3Mo: III
ISF 2002

S3NiMo1

For quenched and tempered fine-grain structural steels. Suitable for normalising and/or re-quenching and tempering.
ISF 2002

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Wire Electrodes for Submerged Arc Welding

Properties and Application Areas for Wire Electrodes in Submerged Arc Welding

Figure 3.3

Figure 3.4

The identification of wire electrodes for submerged arc welding is standardised in DIN EN 756, Figure 3.5.

During manufacture of fused welding fluxes the individual mineral constituents are, with regard of their future composition, weighed and subsequently fused in a cupola or electric furnace, Figure 3.6. In the dry granulation process, the melt is poured stresses break the
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