An ultra-low silicon wire for welding having excellent porosity resistance and electrodeposition coating properties is provided. The ultra-low silicon wire for welding having excellent porosity resistance and electrodeposition coating properties includes: by wt %, 0.001 to 0.30% of C; 0.15% or less of Si; 0.50 to 3.00% of Mn; 0.030% or less of P; 0.030% or less of S; and a balance of Fe and inevitable impurities.

A flux for a resin flux cored solder contains 30% or more by mass but 80% or less by mass rosin ester and 5% or more by mass but 15% or less by mass activator. The total content ratio of base materials including the rosin ester is preferably equal to or more than 85% by mass but equal to or less than 95% by mass.

A cored wire for hybrid laser cladding includes a hollow metal sheath and a core powder composition. The core powder can include, by weight percent: carbon from about 0.8% to about 1.2%, manganese from about 1% to about 1.4%, silicon from about 0.8% to about 1%, chromium from about 22% to about 30%, titanium from about 0.5% to about 2%, vanadium from about 0.5% to about 2%, boron from about 0.8% to about 1.2%, phosphorus from 0% to about 0.04%, and sulfur from 0% to about 0.03%, the balance of the core powder composition being substantially iron. Components and methods using the cored wire are also disclosed.

The disclosed technology generally relates to consumable electrode wires and more particularly to consumable electrode wires having a core-shell structure, where the core comprises aluminum. In one aspect, a welding wire comprises a sheath having a steel composition and a core surrounded by the sheath. The core comprises aluminum (Al) at a concentration between about 3 weight % and about 20 weight % on the basis of the total weight of the welding wire, where Al is in an elemental form or is alloyed with a different metal element. The disclosed technology also relates to welding methods and systems adapted for using the aluminum-comprising electrode wires.

A high strength welding joint having excellent toughness at low temperature obtained by welding a cryogenic high-strength high-Mn steel, comprising 0.1-0.61 wt % of C, 0.23-1.0 wt % of Si, 14-35 wt % of Mn, 6 wt % or less of Cr, 1.45-3.5 wt % of Mo, 0.02 wt % or less of S, 0.02 wt % or less of P, 0.001-0.01 wt % of B, 0.001-0.2 wt % of Ti, 0.001-0.3 wt % of N, and balance of Fe and inevitable impurities; and a flux-cored arc welding wire comprising 0.15-0.8 wt % of C, 0.2-1.2 wt % of Si, 15-34 wt % of Mn, 6 wt % or less of Cr, 1.5-4 wt % of Mo, 0.02 wt % or less of S, 0.02 wt % or less of P, 0.01 wt % or less of B, 0.1-0.5 wt % of Ti, 0.001-0.3 wt % of N, 4-15 wt % of TiO.sub.2, 0.01-9 wt % of at least one of SiO.sub.2, ZrO.sub.2 and Al.sub.2O.sub.3, 0.5-1.7 wt % of at least one of alkali elements including K, Na, and Li, 0.2-1.5 wt % of at least one of F and Ca, and balance of Fe and inevitable impurities.

An aluminum alloy flux-cored welding wire and a fabrication method thereof are provided. In the present disclosure, a mixed salt is used as a filler for the flux-cored welding wire, and a reaction between the mixed salt and a welding base metal is directly induced through welding heat to produce in situ nanoparticles, which not only reduces a production cost of the welding wire, but also enhances the bonding between the added particles and the base metal through the prominent wettability between the in-situ enhancement particles and the base metal; and a rare earth element is added to significantly refine grains, which provides a new idea for the selection of a flux-cored welding wire for 7XXX aluminum alloy welding.

A suction apparatus is provided with: a first path connecting an inlet and a drive opening of an ejector; a second path connecting a suction/ejection opening and an intake opening of the ejector; and a third path connecting the inlet and the suction/ejection opening. When the second path is connected by a path switching unit, a gas or an aerosol is suctioned via the suction/ejection opening by means of the first path and the second path. When the third path is connected by the path switching unit, a compressed gas is ejected via the suction/ejection opening by means of the third path.

An aluminum alloy flux-cored welding wire and a fabrication method thereof are provided. In the present disclosure, a mixed salt is used as a filler for the flux-cored welding wire, and a reaction between the mixed salt and a welding base metal is directly induced through welding heat to produce in situ nanoparticles, which not only reduces a production cost of the welding wire, but also enhances the bonding between the added particles and the base metal through the prominent wettability between the in-situ enhancement particles and the base metal; and a rare earth element is added to significantly refine grains, which provides a new idea for the selection of a flux-cored welding wire for 7XXX aluminum alloy welding.

The invention relates generally to welding and, more specifically, to corrosion resistant weld deposits created during arc welding, such as Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) or Flux Core Arc Welding (FCAW). A disclosed corrosion resistant weld deposit comprises nickel, chromium, and copper, and has a low porosity.

The disclosed technology generally relates to consumable electrode wires and more particularly to consumable electrode wires having a core-shell structure, where the core comprises chromium. In one aspect, a welding wire comprises a sheath having a steel composition and a core surrounded by the sheath. The core comprises chromium (Cr) at a concentration between about 12 weight % and about 18 weight % on the basis of the total weight of the welding wire, manganese (Mn) at a concentration between about 12 weight % and about 18 weight % on the basis of the total weight of the welding wire, nickel (Ni) at a concentration between zero and about 5 weight % on the basis of the total weight of the welding wire, and carbon (C) at a concentration greater than zero weight %, wherein concentrations of Ni, C and Mn are such that [Ni]+30[C]+0.5[Mn] is less than about 12 weight %, wherein [Ni], [C], and [Mn] represent weight percentages of respective elements on the basis of the total weight of the welding wire. The disclosed technology also relates to welding methods and systems adapted for using the chromium-comprising electrode wires.