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Electrode, WE55
Basic welding electrode that can be used where there are stringent strength requirement
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Variants
High quality and strength
- Good toughness for temperatures below freezing
- Used for welding structural steel, container steel, sideplating and other types of steel up to and including St 52.3
Mechanical properties
- Tensile strength: 550 N/mm2
- Extension A 5: 27%
- Yield point: 470 N/mm2
- Toughness charpy V -46 °C: 50 J
Weld metal analysis
- C: 0.07%
- Si: 0.50%
- Mn: 1.20%
Standards
EN ISO 2560-A: E 42 5 B 4 2 H5
AWS A 5.1: E7018-1H4
ABS: 3Y
TÜV E42 4 B4 2
RINA 4YD H5
DB E42 4 B 4 2
DNV-GL 4Y H5
LR 4Y40m-H10
CE INEDoP209
A basic welding electrode allows you to weld in all positions: Top down, vertical fillet welds, horizontal fillet welds, side in, pipe with vertical axis bottom up, vertical rising
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