Conditions That Affect Weld Bead Shape - Hobart Handler 125 Owner's Manual

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Conditions That Affect Weld Bead Shape

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Weld bead shape depends on gun angle, direction of travel, electrode extension (stickout), travel speed, thickness of base metal, wire feed speed
(weld current), and voltage.
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The Drag or Pull technique is generally recommended when welding with flux-cored tubular wire.
Push
10
Electrode directed
ahead of bead
Perpendicular
Direction Of Welding
GUN ANGLES AND WELD BEAD PROFILES
Short Normal
ELECTRODE EXTENSIONS (STICKOUT)
Short Normal
FILLET WELD ELECTODE EXTENSIONS (STICKOUT)
Slow Normal
GUN TRAVEL SPEED
Drag or Pull
10
Electrode pointed
back into bead
Long
Long
Fast
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