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<strong>Steel</strong> <strong>Designers</strong>' <strong>Manual</strong> - 6th Edition (2003)<br />

698 Welds and design for welding<br />

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Fig. 24.7 <strong>Manual</strong> metal-arc welding of structural components (Photograph courtesy of The<br />

Lincoln Electric Company)<br />

known as ‘stick’ welding. MMA equipment is widely available and inexpensive in<br />

comparison with other processes.<br />

A typical MMA electrode, which usually has a length in the range of 230–460 mm,<br />

is held firmly in tongs or holders that are connected by flexible cables to the power<br />

source, which may be a transformer, rectifier, inverter, or engine-driven generator,<br />

as shown in Fig. 24.7. The electrode coating melts in the arc and (1) protects the<br />

weld metal from the surrounding air, (2) forms a slag that protects and supports the<br />

weld metal, and (3) usually adds alloying elements to the weld metal.<br />

24.4.3 MIG/MAG welding<br />

MIG/MAG welding wire is generally copper-coated to provide good electrical<br />

contact with tip in the welding gun. The majority of MIG/MAG wires contain<br />

sufficiently high levels of silicon and manganese to prevent porosity that would be<br />

caused by oxygen that enters the weld metal from the active shielding gases used.<br />

A limited range of low-al1oy wires is available for high strength and toughness<br />

applications.<br />

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