Abstract: A welding flux that includes a flux agent and a binder. The binder includes a colloidal binder formed from small particles of silicon dioxide. The binder can be dried at lower temperatures to thereby for a greater range of fluxing agents and/or metal alloys to be included in the welding flux. The colloidal binder can constitute 100 percent of binder or form only part of the binder.

Abstract: A welding flux that includes a flux agent and a binder. The binder includes a colloidal binder formed from small particles of silicon dioxide. The binder can be dried at lower temperatures to thereby for a greater range of fluxing agents and/or metal alloys to be included in the welding flux. The colloidal binder can constitute 100 percent of binder or form only part of the binder.

Abstract: A welding flux that includes a flux agent and a binder. The binder includes a colloidal binder formed from small particles of silicon dioxide. The binder can be dried at lower temperatures to thereby for a greater range of fluxing agents and/or metal alloys to be included in the welding flux. The colloidal binder can constitute 100 percent of binder or form only part of the binder.

Abstract: A method of welding together two steel plates with a thickness greater than about 3/8 inches from one side of the plates, the method comprising the steps of: tapering a generally straight edge of the plates to form an included angle in the range of about 40-60.degree. with a nose at the protruding portion of each edge; positioning the plates with the edges spaced from each other to define an elongated channel with the nose of each edge at the bottom of the channel and spaced from each other to define an elongated generally straight gap with a width g; moving an electrode having a diameter of less than approximately 0.

Abstract: A cored electrode for gas shielded arc welding to deposit a weld metal bead, where the electrode has a core of fill material surrounded by a ferrous tube with the fill material having alloying agents and oxide fluxing ingredients including, by weight of fill material, 40-60% titanium dioxide, 0.3-0.5% boron oxide, and 1.0-5.0% aluminum powder, with the aluminum powder having a higher affinity for oxygen than the oxide fluxing ingredients and with the amount of aluminum powder selected to produce 0.02-0.08% titanium, less than 0.002% boron and less than 0.10% aluminum in the weld metal.

Abstract: A consumable welding electrode for electric arc welding in a shielding gas and producing reduced amounts of fume during said welding comprising in combination a steel sheath and a filler within the sheath. The filler including metallic aluminum powder and a dual stabilizing agent of sodium oxide and potassium oxide, wherein the dual stabilizing agent and said aluminum have about a 2.4:1 to 3.5:1 weight ratio.

Abstract: A high manganese weld bead and electrode for producing same which has higher abrasion resistance and hardness than heretofore and is economical to manufacture. The deposit contains approximately 0.4-0.7% C, 10-16% Mn and 4.5 to 7.5% Cr.

Abstract: An improved consumable electric arc welding electrode having an outer ferrous metal sheath, such as a low carbon steel sheath, which is formed around a generally concentric core of compressed particulate fill material to be used for depositing an all weld metal of steel in multiple passes with a minimum tensile strength of about 72,000 psi and a minimum elongation of about 22 percent wherein the fill material includes aluminum in an amount greater than about 1.50 percent of the total electrode weight to provide a correlated amount of aluminum in the deposited metal. This improvement involves a particulate fill material producing a combination of nickel and manganese content in the range of 2.5-4.0 percent by weight of the total electrode with the nickel being greater than about 0.5 percent, the manganese being in the range of 0.7-2.

Abstract: An agglomerated submerged arc welding flux which offers the advantages of an agglomerated flux, namely lower cost, increased impact strength, greater formulation flexibility and operator appeal while, in other respects, performing like a fused flux, namely providing: high speed; high penetration; and low bead profile characteristics. The flux contains relatively large amounts of calcium oxide and titanium dioxide as essential ingredients together with other known fluxing ingredients in lesser amounts.

Abstract: An agglomerated submerged arc welding flux which results in low weld metal oxygen and the concomitant high impact values while retaining the good welding characteristics of the lower basicity (acid) fluxes such as welding at higher speeds on various joint configurations with less undercutting and slag entrapment along with good slag removal. The flux contains high percentages of calcium fluoride and aluminum oxide in combination with other ingredients having a limited amount of available oxygen and sufficient acid components to lower the basicity index of the flux below 1.25. Additionally, no potent deoxidizers such as magnesium, titanium or aluminum are required.

Abstract: An agglomerated welding flux especially designed to produce tandem arc seam welds having low profiles, increased penetration, and minimal undercutting. The flux includes: aluminum oxide and silicon dioxides in the form of kyanite; magnesium oxide; and, manganese oxide.