All – position, contact type low heat input electrode for joining all types of steels and difficult to weld steels. Applications include leaf and coil springs, cams, gears, hard Mn-steels, shafts, dies, hot trim plates, tool steels.

Frigid arc coating plus high-alloy core generates highly ionized arc.. Outstanding strength & weldability. Excel Bond 068 produces high quality grain structure of similar & dissimilar steels and joining steels of different thickness.

Use AC or DC reverse polarity. Clean weld area. Bevel heavy sections. Tilt electrode 10-15° in direction of travel. Burn-off rate is rapid & uniform permitting rapid advance with no “sticking” or “drifting”. Restrict weaving to 2-3X electrode diameter. Peen to relieve stresses. Slag releases easily.

1. Current: AC/DC +               2. Tensile strength: 1, 22,000 psi