The steel wire about which the coating is applied. The electrode size is determined by the diameter of the core wire.
glossary
glossary
The length of electrode extending beyond the end of the contact tube.
A device used for mechanically holding and conducting current to an electrode during welding or cutting.
Negatively charged particles that revolve around the positively charged nucleus in an atom.
A welding process producing coalescence of metals with molten slag which melts the filler metal and the surfaces of the work to be welded. The molten weld pool is shielded by the slag, which moves along the full cross section of the joint as welding progresses.