Comparison of Deposition Rate and Deposition Efficiency between ER70S-6 and E71T-1C Consumables

In welding of low carbon steel, various consumables types can be employed. Among them, flux cored wire and solid wire have great application potential and substitution toward other consumables like coated electrode. This paper compares the deposition rate, the deposition efficiency, the frequency of detachment of the drop of molten metal addition and the diameter of the droplet of molten filler metal, as a function of welding parameters such as welding current, contact tip to work distance (CTWD), and the type of shielding gas, comparing the ER70S-6 with the E71T-1C filler metal. Deposition rates were measured using a sequence of three welds performed in bead on plate on ASTM A36 steel plate. The frequencies of filler metal droplets were computed from data acquisition equipment, based on variations of arc voltage. The drop diameter was theoretically calculated based upon the wire feed speed. For data analysis, a program for statistical analysis of the results produced by the experiments was used, which allowed to determine up to the second order interactions between the studied parameters. The results of the experiments show that the deposition rate increases with increase in current and with increase in CTWD. Likewise, the most important factor to control the deposition efficiency was the type of the consumable. The ER70S-6 presented a higher deposition efficiency than the flux cored wire E71T-1C, as expected, since the flux cored wire produces slag, which is not take into account in the mass of deposited bead.

GMAW; FCAW; ER70S-6; E71T-1C; Deposition rate; Deposition efficiency