MetFab - Air Products Welder's Handbook - Flipbook - Page 43
Current ranges for MIG/MAG welding
of steel with cored wire
Basic sore flux
Wire diameter
(mm)
Min
Weld Current (A)
1.0
100
230
1.2
120
300
1.4
130
350
1.6
140
400
2.4
250
500
Max
All positional rutile cored wire
Wire diameter
(mm)
Min
Weld Current (A)
Max
1.2
150
350
1.4
150
350
1.6
150
450
Metal cored wire
Wire diameter
(mm)
Min
Weld Current (A)
Max
1.2
100
360
1.4
150
380
1.6
150
450
Cored wire diameters above 2.4mm are not
commonly used for manual welding.
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