General Purpose Low Heat Electrodes

Shield
alloy

Alloy
basis

Description and
Typical Applications

880

Fe, Si,
Mn, C

A special coated electrode for joining and build up of all Carbon Steel, Medium Tensile Steel & some grades of low alloy steel. Typical applications include machine parts, steel castings, pipes, pressure vessels.

881

Fe, Cr,
Ni, Mn

A special electrode designed for difficult to weld steels and unidentified steels, it is also used for joining dissimilar steel, Typical applications include build up of power plant components, dies, rolls; buffer layers on Ni-hard components.

836

Fe, Ni
Cr, Mn

A special electrode for joining dissimilar steels like Corrosion resistant steel to carbon steel, high alloy steels. Typical applications include use as buffer layer before hard facing.

838

Fe, Ni
Cr, Mo

A special Stainless steel electrode for joining all types of stainless steels. Typical applications include hot forging dies, rolls, tongs, corrosion resistant steels.