Hobart Welding Products 210 MVP Conditions That Affect Weld Bead Shape, Push, Perpendicular Drag

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9-4. Conditions That Affect Weld Bead Shape

.Weld bead shape depends on gun angle, direction of travel, electrode extension (stickout), travel speed, thickness of base metal, wire feed speed (weld current), and voltage.

 

10°

 

Push

 

10°

Perpendicular

Drag

GUN ANGLES AND WELD BEAD PROFILES

Short

Normal

Long

ELECTRODE EXTENSIONS (STICKOUT)

Recommend that stickout be ⅜ in. ( mm) for solid wire and ½ in. for flux cored wire.

Short

Normal

Long

FILLET WELD ELECTODE EXTENSIONS (STICKOUT)

Slow

Normal

Fast

GUN TRAVEL SPEED

S-0634

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