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Consumables For The Welding of Hardox, Strenx™, Toolox and Armox Techsupport #60
Consumables For The Welding of Hardox, Strenx™, Toolox and Armox Techsupport #60
Consumables For The Welding of Hardox, Strenx™, Toolox and Armox Techsupport #60
In this TechSupport, SSAB offers suggestions for suitable consumables for the welding
of Hardox® wear plates, Strenx™ performance steel, Toolox® engineering & tool steel and
Armox® protection plate. Note that the consumables listed are only examples. In addition
to these, there are numeroussuitable products that meet the recommendations from
SSAB. The consumables are classified into two main groups – unalloyed and low-alloyed
grades which are the most common, and also stainless steel consumables.
The UK English version of this document shall prevail in case of discrepancy. Download the latest version from downloads at www.ssab.com.
This brochure contains general suggestions and information without any expressed or implied warranty of any kind. SSAB Oxelösund AB hereby
expressly disclaims all liability of any kind in connection with the use of the information and for their suitability for individual applications. In no
event shall SSAB Oxelösund AB be liable for any damages whatsoever. It is the responsibility of the user of this brochure to adapt the recom-
mendations contained therein to the requirements of individual applications.
Unalloyed and low-alloyed consumables
General Preheat/interpass temperatures due
Unalloyed and low-alloyed consumables should toconsumable properties
meet the specified strength criteria, and their hy- When welding with consumables with yield
drogen contents ought to be sufficiantly low, which strengths (Rp0.2) up to 700 MPa the consumable
corresponds to < 5 ml H2/100 g of weld metal. properties typically don’t influence the minimum
preheat temperature of the joint.
Strength The reason is that the carbon equivalent, CET,
Suitable strength levels for consumables used for of the parent metal typically exceeds that of the
the welding of Strenx, Hardox, Toolox and Armox weld metal by at least 0,03 units of percentage.
are given in the charton the next page. For consumables with yield strengths of 700 MPa
and higher, the CET value for the consumable ver-
Hydrogen content ses the CET value for Strenx is normally so high that
The hydrogen content of consumables depends on the minimum preheating temperature of both the
factors such as the welding method used. Solid wires steel and the consumable are to be considered.
for MAG with solid wire and TIG welding can meet the In this situation, the highest minimum preheat
hydrogen content criteria for all types of consuma- temperature of either the joint plates or the con-
bles. Flux cored wires for MAG welding, which fulfil sumable should be used. The software WeldCalcTM
the hydrogen content criteria, are available for both can simplify these calculations. As for all types of
basic and rutile types of consumables. low alloyed consumables the maximum hydrogen
Metal cored wires used in MAG welding can content is set to 5 ml/100 g of weld metal.
have suitable hydrogen contents for certain brand Toolox can in certain cases be welded with con-
names. Among consumables for the submerged sumables that have matching hardness to the un-
arc welding, the combination of solid wire/basic affected parent metal. This type of consumables is
flux can produce sufficiently low hydrogen con- designed especially for welding of tool steels. This
tents in the weld metal. means that their mechanical properties are typi-
Manufacturers of consumables can provide cally stated in hardness of the all weld metal and
information regarding the hydrogen content of a not by their strength. For this type of welding per-
specific consumable. In addition, SSAB has speci- formance contact SSAB for further information
fied suggestions for suitable consumables. The ty- regarding welding recommendations including e.g.
pes suggested in this TechSupport are sorted ac- selection of suitable consumables
cording to welding method and strength class.
Hardox Strenx
≤ 10.0 125
10.1–20.0 140
20.1–40.0 175
Recommended 700
EN ISO 18275 (-A) E 69X EN ISO 26304 (-A) S 69X EN ISO 16834 (-A) G 69X EN ISO 18276 (-A) T 69X EN ISO 16834 (-A) W 69X ER110X
strength of
consumables EN ISO 18275 (-A) E 62X EN ISO 26304 (-A) S 62X EN ISO 16834 (-A) G 62X EN ISO 18276 (-A) T 62X EN ISO 16834 (-A) W 62X
for other 600 ER100X
joints EN ISO 18275 (-A) E 55X EN ISO 26304 (-A) S 55 X EN ISO 16834 (-A) G 55 X EN ISO 18276 (-A) T 55X EN ISO 16834 (-A) W 55X
Strenx 700*, 100, 100XF
EN ISO 2560 E 50X EN ISO 14171 (-A) S 50X EN ISO 14341 (-A) G 50X EN ISO 17632 (-A) T 50X EN ISO 636 (-A) W 50X ER90X
500
EN ISO 2560 E 46X EN ISO 14171 (-A) S 46X EN ISO 14341 (-A) G 46X EN ISO 17632 (-A) T 46X EN ISO 636 (-A) W 46X ER80X
Strenx 110XF
EN ISO 2560 E 42X EN ISO 14171 (-A) S 42X EN ISO 14341 (-A) G 42X EN ISO 17632 (-A) T 42X EN ISO 636 (-A) W 42X ER70X
400
Hardox
Toolox
Armox
Strenx 110XF
AWS A5.5 E70X AWS A5.23 F7X AWS A5.28 ER70S-X AWS A5.29 E7XT-X AWS A5.28 E70C-X AWS A5.28 ER70X
400
Hardox
Toolox
Armox
* Including MC, PLUS, CR grades
Examples of suitable low-alloy consumables
Suggestions for various suitable consumables are r eality, a given consumable normally has a higher
given in the following tables. Note that the con- yield strength than its standard designation. The
sumables are arranged according to the yield mechanical properties of a given consumable can
strength (Rp0.2) for which they are classified. In be obtained from its manufacturer.
ELGA Elgamatic 100 Elgamatic 162 Elgamatic 163 Elgamatic 135 Elgamatic 138
Elgamatic 103 Elgamatic 147
ESAB OK Aristorod 12.50 OK Aristorod 13.09 OK Aristorod 13.22 OK Aristorod 55 OK Aristorod 69 OK Aristorod 79
OK Aristorod 12.63 OK Aristorod 13.12 OK Autrod 13.25
LINCOLN LNM 25 LNM Ni1 LNM MoNi LNM MoNiVa LNM MoNiCr
ELECTRIC SUPRAMIG HD LNM Ni2.5 Superarc AK 10-TM
BÖHLER EMK6 NiCu1-IG CM2-IG Union NiMoCr X70-IG Union X90
EMK8 DCMS-IG alform 700-IG Union X96
OERLIKON Carbofil 1 Carbofil NiCu Carbofil NiMoCr Carbofil 120
Carbofil 1 Gold Carbofil NiMo1
ELGA Elgacore DWA 51B Elgacore DWA 55L Elgacore DWA 65L Elgacore R690
Elgacore DWA 50
ESAB Tubrod 15.00 OK Tubrod 15.17 Dual-Shield 55 Dual-Shield 62 Dual-Shield 69 Filarc PZ 6149
Filarc PZ 6113S Dual-Shield CrMo2 OK Tubrod 15.27
LINCOLN Outershield 71E-H Outershield 12-H Outershield 20-H Outershield Outershield
ELECTRIC Outershield 71MS-H Outershield 19-H 101Ni-HSR 690-H
BÖHLER Ti52-FD Ti 60-FD Kb 65 T-FD Kb 85 T-FD
Union TG 55 M Ti 2 Ni T-FD
OERLIKON Fluxofil 14HD Fluxofil 20
Fluxofil 19HD Fluxofil 20HD
* X can stand for one or several code characters
SAW
Min Yield
Strength 400 470 540 610 680 745
[MPa]
AWS Class F7X* F8X* F9X* F10X* F11X* F12X*
Stainless consumables
Min Yield MAG, flux cored MAG, metal cored
Strength MMA MAG, solid ware SAW
[MPa] wire wire
AWS Class A5.4: E307X* A5.9: E307 A5.22: E307X* A5.22: E307X*
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