Welding wire

Effect of silicon content when MIG welding
Avesta MIG/TIG wires are available with a low or a high silicon content. High silicon content gives better arc stability and better fluidity when MIG welding. This also gives a more attractive weld surface and reduces the porosity as well as the spatter. These advantages are particularly pronounced when short-arc welding. In Avesta Welding´s range of welding wire, the high-silicon type is only available for welding materials where unaffected resistance to hot cracking has been demonstrated in connection with welding.
The submerged-arc wire is made only with low silicon content, since most granular fluxes give rise to silicon alloying, and high silicon level can cause hot cracking.

Welding wire brochure (1176 kB)