Executive Stainless Steel products consist of high quality solid wires, flux cored wires and coated electrodes, all with excellent operator appeal.
The executive line of Stainless Steel
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Executive 312 wire is designed to provide clean and consistent welds with excellent feedability and minimal clean-up by maintaining tight control from the country of melt to the design of the spool. Executive 312 work hardens to provide great wear resistance with high tensile strength and offers incredible versatility making it the filler of choice for hard to weld alloys.
Application and Features
Executive 312 is ideal for welding tool steels, dissimilar metals, clad steels, stainless steel sheet lining, and hard-to-weld steel and high hardenability alloy steel. Executive 312 gives a two-phase weld deposit with substantial percentages of ferrite in an austenite matrix. Even with considerable dilution by austenite-forming elements such as nickel, the microstructure remains two-phase and highly resistant to weld metal cracks and fissures.
This wire is also suitable for laser welding and WAAM applications (Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing, aka Metal 3D printing).
Typical Wire Chemistry and Mechanicals
| C | Cr | Ni | Mo | Mn | Si | P | S | Cu | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.094 | 30.83 | 8.56 | 0.02 | 1.60 | 0.37 | 0.015 | 0.001 | 0.03 | 0.024 |
| Tensile Strength: | 100,671 PSI min | Elongation: | 27% |
| Yield Strength: | 27,600 PSI min |
Typical Welding Parameters
| Process | Diameter | Voltage | Amperage | Gas Flow | Shielding Gas / Flux |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GMAW -Short | .035" | 21-22 | 160-200 | 30 to 50 CFH | 90% He / 7.5% Ar / 2.5% CO2 or 1%-5% 02 / Balance Ar |
| .045" | 22-23 | 180-210 | |||
| .062" | 23-24 | 200-220 | |||
| -Spray | .035" | 23-25 | 190-260 | ||
| .045" | 25-28 | 250-330 | |||
| .062" | 28-31 | 310-350 | |||
| GTAW | .062" - .125" | Direct Current; Electrode- | 30 to 50 CFH | 100% Ar | |
| SAW | .093" | 29-32 | 300-350 | Record IND 24 or Record IN | |
| .125" | 29-32 | 400-550 | |||
Standard Packaging
| GMAW (MIG) | 33-lb wire baskets | 1,980-lb pallet |
| 11-lb plastic spools | 11-lb box | |
| 2-lb plastic spools | 8-lb box | |
| GTAW (TIG) | 10-lb plastic tubes | 40-lb box |
| SAW | 60-lb wire coil | 1,200-lb pallet |
Classification
AWS/SFA 5.9, Class ER312
