5356 4043 309 Welding Filler Rod Wire Manufacture Supply

Welding rods and wires are used mainly in welding with GTAW and GMAW welding processes. ER4043 and ER5356 are aluminum welding filler rods but ER308 and ER309 are stainless-steel rods. Here below you will know more about these filler rods in addition to the top manufacturers and suppliers of such filler rods.

4043 Filler Rod

AWS/SFA 5.10 ER4043 UNS A94043 contains 5% silicon which provides high fluidity to the molten weld metal during welding. That is why it is used for general purpose applications. it is used for the welding heat-treatable base alloys specifically, the 6XXX series alloys. It is recommended for welding alloys: 3003, 3004, 5052, 6061, 6063 and casting alloys: 43, 355, 356 and 214 and the produced welds are less sensitive to weld cracking. ER4043 produces welds with fair ductility and minimum tensile strength of 14000 psi.

Typical chemical composition of welded metal (%)

5356 Filler Rod

AWS/SFA 5.10 ER5356 UNS95356 welding wire contains 5% magnesium. It is used for general-purpose applications and designed for the welding of 5XXX series alloys, when the tensile strength is not required to be more than 40000 psi. The produced welds offer much better corrosion resistance when exposed to salt water. ER5356 produces welds with an average tensile strength of 40000 psi in the as welded conditions.

Typical chemical composition of welded metal (%)

ER309/ER309L Filler Rod

AWS/SFA 5.9 ER309/ER309L UNS S30980 is stainless steel filler wire and used for GTAW, GMAW and SAW welding processes. ER309 is usually used for welding similar metals containing 24Cr and 13Ni, in wrought iron form and sometimes, it is used to weld type 304 and similar base metals in high sever corrosion environments that require weld metals with high corrosion resistance. This alloy can also be used to weld type 304 to carbon steel, welding the clad side of type 304 clad steels, and apply stainless steel linings to carbon steel shells. The L letter in the filler designation refers to the low carbon content which is 0.08 max to prevent sensitization of weld metal which happens due to high carbon content which combines with chromium forming chromium carbides around grain boundaries and causing depletion of chromium content below the protection limit (10.5 % Cr) which consequently causes corrosion at these areas during service.

Typical chemical composition of welded metal (%)

ER308/ER308L Filler Rod

AWS/SFA 5.9 ER308/ER308L UNS S30883 is a stainless-steel wire used with GTAW, GMAW and SAW welding processes. ER308 rods are suitable for welding alloys AISI types: 304L, 321, 347 in addition to 308 stainless steel alloys. ER308L are wires of low carbon content not exceeding 0.03% and are commonly used for welding the previously mentioned alloys to decrease the chromium carbide formation and consequently decrease the intergranular corrosion that is why this type of welding rods is used in welding structures of facilities of synthetic fiber industry, fertilizer industry and petrochemical industry that fabricated by 00Cr19Ni10 stainless steel.

Typical chemical composition of welded metal (%)

Top manufacturers and suppliers of filler rod

ATLANTIC CHINA WELDING CONSUMABLES INC.

We are the top 1 welding consumables manufacturer in China. Our company was founded in 1950 and has 15 sub-factories around in China and produces more than 500 types of welding consumables which are divided to welding wires, welding rods and welding electrodes for all materials including consumables of mild steel, stainless steel, hard facing, heat resistant steels, nickel and nickel alloys, copper and copper alloys, aluminum and aluminum alloys, etc. In this post, you will have an overview of the company’s products and services that are offered whether for the local market in China or abroad in other countries. The above-mentioned rods are supplied by ATLANTIC under certain item codes as shown in table below:

ESAB

ESAB is one of the top companies all over the world in manufacturing welding filler rods, wires and electrodes in addition to arc welding equipment, cutting equipment, gas equipment, plasma equipment and welding automation and robotics systems. ESAB was founded in 1904 by the Swedish engineer Oscar Kjellberg who invented the first coated welding electrode. The company expanded and grew and nowadays, it has become the world leader in this field. sales and support are established in 147 countries and there are 26 manufacturing plants across four continents. The above-mentioned welding rods are offered by ESAB under its own item code as shown in table below:

Böhler Welding

voestalpine Böhler Welding is a world leader over than 100 years in manufacturing welding consumables and welding equipment. The company has more than 50 subsidiaries and more than 4,000 distribution partners around the world. The above-mentioned products are offered by Bohler under its own brand as shown in the table below:

LINCOLN ELECTRIC

Lincoln Electric is an American company which was founded on December 5, 1895, in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A. The company is a world leader in the welding field in manufacturing welding equipment, welding filler metals, construction of welding automation systems, welding fumes control systems, cutting tools, PPE tools in addition to related accessories. The company provides the previously mentioned filler wires under its own brand name as shown in the table below: