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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2003
Filed:
May. 31, 2001
Jongwon Kim, Changwon, KR;
Chulgyu Park, Changwon, KR;
Kiswell Ltd., Changwon, KR;
Abstract
The present invention discloses a flux cored wire for arc welding of austenitic stainless steel which can restrain bending and high temperature cracking, and prevent a bead from being drooped. A flux filled in a sheath consisting of 18-8 stainless steel(C≦0.03 wt %, N≦0.02 wt %) comprises an alkali metal compound in an oxide converted amount of 0.05 to 1.0 wt % by weight of the welding wire, a metal fluoride in a fluorine converted amount below 0.08 wt %, Bi oxide in an amount below 0.1 wt %, Mn in an amount of 0.1 to 1.8 wt %, Cr in an amount of 2.0 to 4.0 wt %, SiO in an amount of 0.5 to 3.0 wt %, Al O in an amount of 0.1 to 2.0 wt %, and TiO and ZrO wherein a ratio of (TiO +ZrO )/SiO is 0.8 to 1.6. Here, an amount of the flux filled in the sheath ranges from 15 to 35 wt % by weight of the welding wire. Accordingly, the flux cored wire restrains bending and high temperature cracking of the stainless steel weld metal, prevents the bead from being drooped, and reduces an amount of fume generated, thereby improving the vertical-up weldability.