Disclosed herein is an electroslag welding wire containing, by mass % based on total mass of the wire: C: more than 0% and 0.07% or less; Si: more than 0% and 0.50% or less; Mn: more than 0% and 1.0% or less; Ni: 6.0 to 15.0%; and Fe: 79% or more. The electroslag welding wire satisfies the following relationship (1): 0.150≤C+Si/30+Mn/20+Ni/60≤0.300 (1).

Systems and methods for low-manganese welding alloys are disclosed. An example arc welding consumable may comprise: less than 0.4 wt % manganese; strengthening agents selected from the group consisting of nickel, cobalt, copper, carbon, molybdenum, chromium, vanadium, silicon, and boron; and grain control agents selected from the group consisting of niobium, tantalum, titanium, zirconium, and boron. The grain control agents may comprise greater than 0.06 wt % and less than 0.6 wt % of the welding consumable. The resulting weld deposit may comprise a tensile strength greater than or equal to 70 ksi, a yield strength greater than or equal to 58 ksi, a ductility (as measured by percent elongation) of at least 22%, and a Charpy V-notch toughness greater than or equal to 20 ft-lbs at −20° F. The welding consumable may provide a manganese fume generation rate less than 0.01 grams per minute during the arc welding operation.

A metal-cored electrode for welding to form a weld bead on a ferrous material, which weld bead includes at least 35 wt. % nickel. The metal-cored electrode includes a metal sheath surrounding a core. The core includes greater than 35 wt. % nickel.

A solid wire for electroslag welding, including Fe and, by mass % based on a total mass of the wire: C: more than 0% and 0.03% or less; Si: more than 0% and 0.10% or less; Mn: more than 0% and 0.25% or less; Ni: 10.5%-14.0%; S: more than 0% and 0.010% or less; Al: more than 0% and 0.250% or less; REM: 0.002%-0.080%; and O: more than 0% and 0.0090% or less.

A MIG welding method for carbon steels using an Ar shielding gas. The method includes short-circuiting a welding wire and a base material. The average short-circuiting frequency in welding is 20 Hz to 300 Hz and the maximum short-circuiting period is 1.5 s or less.

A flux-cored wire of the present disclosure has a steel sheath and a flux filled at an inside of the steel sheath, has a total amount of moisture by ratio with respect to a total wire mass of 300 ppm or less, has flux containing fluorides, and has an amount of the fluorides by ratio with respect to the total wire mass of, by total of values converted to F, 0.11 mass % or more and 2.50 mass % or less. If using the flux-cored wire of the present disclosure for welding, a stable weld shape can be obtained and, further, the amount of diffusible hydrogen of the weld metal can be reduced. For this reason, the flux-cored wire of the present disclosure can be suitably used for welding high strength steel such as ferrite steel.

The purpose of the present invention is to provide, as a wire rod suitable for use as a substance for welding materials and, in particular, for welding rods, a wire rod for welding rods, having high tensile strength at room temperature and excellent drawing characteristics, and a manufacturing method therefor.

Provided is an austenitic stainless steel weld joint that is excellent in polythionic acid SCC resistance and naphthenic acid corrosion resistance, and is also excellent in creep ductility. An austenitic stainless steel weld joint includes a base material and a weld metal. The weld metal has a chemical composition at its width-center position and at its thickness-center position consisting of, in mass %, C: 0.050% or less, Si: 0.01 to 1.00%, Mn: 0.01 to 3.00%, P: 0.030% or less, S: 0.015% or less, Cr: 15.0 to 25.0%, Ni: 20.0 to 70.0%, Mo: 1.30 to 10.00%, Nb: 0.05 to 3.00%, N: 0.150% or less, and B: 0.0050% or less, with the balance: Fe and impurities.

Welding wires may include a high alloy metal core comprising greater than about 10.5 percent by weight of the high alloy metal core of a component selected from aluminum, bismuth, chromium, molybdenum, chromium/molybdenum alloy, cobalt, copper, manganese, nickel, silicon, titanium, tungsten, vanadium, or a combination thereof; and a layer surrounding the high alloy metal core, the layer comprising copper or a copper alloy. Welding methods may include applying an electrical current sufficient to convert a welding wire to a molten state to produce a molten weld material, the welding wire comprising: a high alloy metal core comprising greater than about 10.5% of a component selected from aluminum, bismuth, chromium, molybdenum, chromium/molybdenum alloy, cobalt, copper, manganese, nickel, silicon, titanium, tungsten, vanadium, or a combination thereof; and a layer surrounding the high alloy metal core, the layer comprising copper or a copper alloy; and depositing the molten welding material onto a workpiece.

Iron-based braze filler alloys having unexpectedly narrow melting temperature ranges, low solidus and low liquidus temperatures, as determined by Differential Scanning calorimetry (DSC), while exhibiting high temperature corrosion resistance, good wetting, and spreading, without deleterious significant boride formation into the base metal, and that can be brazed below 1,100 C contains a) nickel in an amount of from 0% to 35% by weight, b) chromium in an amount of from 0% to 25% by weight, c) silicon in an amount of from 4% to 9% by weight, d) phosphorous in an amount of from 5% to 11% by weight, e) boron in an amount of from 0% to 1% by weight, and f) the balance being iron, the percentages of a) to f) adding up to 100% by weight. The braze filler alloys or metals have sufficient high temperature corrosion resistance to withstand high temperature conditions of Exhaust Gas Recirculation Coolers.