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FluxCoredArcWeldingAdvantagesandDisadvantages
Update:10122016

Abst Informationonthebasicsoffluxcoredarcweldingto[]

Informationonthebasicsoffluxcoredarcweldingtoadvancedweldingtechniques.Fluxcoredarcwelding(FCAW)usesa

tubularwirethatisfilledwithaflux.Itisanautomaticorsemiautomaticelectricarcweldingprocess.

WirefeedwelderssuchasfluxcoredandMIGwelders,worklikeacaulkinggun.Whenyoupullthetriggeronthegun,the

wirefeedsoutcontinuouslyuntilyoureleasethetriggerorrunoutofwire.

FluxCoredArcWelding(FCAW)meltsandjoinsmetalsbyheatingthemwithanarcbetweenacontinuousconsumable

electrodewireandthework.

TherearetwobasicprocessvariantsselfshieldedFCAW(withoutshieldinggas)andgasshieldedFCAW(withshielding

gas).Thedifferenceinthetwoisduetodifferentfluxingagentsintheconsumables,whichprovidedifferentbenefitstotheuser.

Usually,selfshieldedFCAWisusedinoutdoorconditionswherewindwouldblowawayashieldinggas.Thefluxingagentsin
selfshieldedFCAWaredesignedtonotonlydeoxidizetheweldpoolbutalsotoallowforshieldingoftheweldpoolandmetal

dropletsfromtheatmosphere.

Thefluxisdesignedtosupporttheweldpoolforoutofpositionwelds.Thisvariationoftheprocessisusedforincreasing

productivityofoutofpositionweldsandfordeeperpenetration.

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Theadvantagesoffluxcoredweldinginclude:

Continuouswirefeedmakesittheeasiestprocesstolearn

Weldssteelandstainlesssteel

Workswellondirty,paint,andrustymaterial

Goodforoutofpositionwelding

Canbeusedinwindyconditions

Hasincreasedmetaldepositionrate

Providesdeeppenetrationforweldingthicksections

Thedisadvantagesoffluxcoredweldinginclude:

Requiresslagremovalafterwelding

ProducesalotofspatterthatneedscleanupafterHFWelding(http://www.davisonmachinery.com/product/hfwelder/)

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