A6S
SAW Strip Cladding Head
Highly alloyed materials, such as
stainless steel or nickel-base alloys, are
needed in many applications to provide
protection against corrosion. However,
the comparatively high cost of these
materials in many cases makes deposi-
tion of a protective layer on a less
expensive loadbearing mild or low alloy
steel economically the most realistic
alternative.
Furthermore, weld surfacing with A6S SAW Strip
Cladding head gives the designer and the fabricator a
great degree of freedom providing the possibility to
choose a wide variety of parent materials and
consumables. Cladding by weld surfacing also allows for
flexibility in production of objects having various shapes
and sizes. Stainless steel cladding is widely used in
production of components where corrosion resistance is
required together with a strength above that of standard
stainless grades.
Strip cladding kit
The well known A6S Arc Master welding head can be
fitted with a standard accessory strip cladding kit. The
strip cladding head gives the possibility to use a strip
electrode with the width from 30 mm up to 100 mm and
with the thickness of 0,5 mm.
Power sources
Strip cladding welding requires a power source of high
capacity and good welding characteristics. Esab LAF
1250 and LAF 1600 are perfect for to be used together Welding fluxes
with the A6S Arc Master welding head equipped with The Esab produced fluxes for strip cladding plays an
the strip cladding kit. important part in producing the final weld metal
composition. Agglomerated fluxes are best suited to
These power sources together with the process control- compensate for the possible burnoff of different
ler PEH demonstrate good arc stability at both high and elements in the arc, in addition to adding alloying
low arc voltages and the continuously variable voltage elements. The flux should also produce a selfreleasing
control permits the very precise adjustment of welding slag which produces an optimum bead shape to avoid
parameters. uneven overlaps between adjacent beads.
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Technical data A6S SAW Strip Cladding Head
Technical data
Current capacity 1500 A max
Feed roll diameter 50 mm
Strip width 30-100 mm
Strip thickness 0.5 mm
Strip feed speed: see respective leaflet A6 Mastertrac XA000851** or A6S Arc Master XA000889**.
(** to change to resp. language code, 10 Swe, 20 Eng, 30 Ger, 40 Fr).
220 250
70
42
288
400
76 143
152
Ordering information
Strip cladding kit to be used
together with A6T SAW Tractor or
Printed in Sweden, SG idé & tryck ab, Göteborg 03 2001/15606
A6S Arc Master HD 0155 972 880
Reel holder (not to be used
with motor-operated cross slide) 0417 636 880
Wire reel, steel 0416 492 880
Suction nozzle, flux 0156 025 001
Esab reserves the right to change specifications without notice. Approved according to the ISO 9001 system
ESAB AB
Box 8004
S-402 77 GÖTEBORG
Sweden
Phone: +46 31 50 90 00
Fax: +46 31 50 93 60
www.esab.com
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