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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 1994
Filed:
Jul. 05, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
John Gonzalez, Willoughby, OH (US);
Rao N Kudithipudi, North Royalton, OH (US);
Ronald F Young, Willoughby, OH (US);
Assignee:
The Lincoln Electric Company, Cleveland, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2191463 ;
Abstract
A granular flux suitable for submerged arc electric welding comprising particles of composite fluxing ingredients of the agglomerated or fused type combined with a halogenated polymer as a reducing agent for diffusible hydrogen in the resulting weld metal and a method of making this granular flux wherein the polymer is mixed with the flux particles and then heated to a temperature above the melting temperature of the polymer and below the vaporization temperature of the polymer.