Choosing Welding Consumables

Choosing Welding Consumables

How To Choose the Correct Welding Consumables

The tables are guides for choosing the correct welding consumable when welding similar or dissimilar materials. If the materials you need to join are not on the list, please contact us.

Joining Similar Materials

The table gives typical selections of welding consumables and basic designations for wire electrodes and filler wire/rods. It does not indicate the silicon-alloyed variants used for MIG welding or the variants of covered electrodes or wire-flux combinations for submerged arc welding.

Base metal Exaton Welding Consumable
ASTM/UNS ISO Exaton Normal choice 1 Over-alloyed choice 1
304L2 1.43062 3R122 19.9.L (19.9.Nb) 19.12.3.L (19.12.3.Nb)
321 /3472 1.4541 /1.45502 6R35 / 8R402 19.9.Nb (19.9.L) 19.12.3.Nb (19.12.3.L)
316L2 1.44352 3R602 19.12.3.L (19.12.3.Nb) 25.22.2.LMn
"316Ti" 2, 3 / 3182 1.45712 / - 5R752 / - 19.12.3.Nb (19.12.3.L) (20.25.5.LCu)
317L 1.4438 3R64 19.13.4.L 20.25.5.LCu
310 1.48452 7RE102 25.20.C -
S30815 1.4835 253 MA* 22.12.HT -
S35315 1.4854 353 MA* 28.34.HT -
"310"3 1.4435 2RE10 25.20.L (25.22.2.LMn)
S31050 1.4466 2RE69 25.22.2.LMn -
S31500 1.4417 3RE60 22.8.3.L -
S31803 1.4462 SAF 2205 22.8.3.L 25.10.4.L
S32205 1.4462 SAF 2205 22.8.2.L 25.10.4.L
S32304 1.4362 SAF 2304 23.7.L 22.8.3.L
S32750 1.4410 SAF 2507 25.10.4.L4 27.7.5.L
S32707 - SAF 2707 HD 27.7.5.L -
S32906 - SAF 2906 29.8.2.L -
N08028 1.4563 Sanicro 28 27.31.4.LCu -
N08904 1.4539 2RK65 20.25.5.LCu 27.31.4.LCu
S31254 1.4547 254 SMO* Sanicro 60 -
Alloy 600 - Sanicro 70 Sanicro 72HP -
Alloy 625 - - Sanicro 60 -
Alloy 690 - - Sanicro 68HP
Sanicro 69 -
Alloy 800 1.4876 Sanicro 31HT Sanicro 72HP -
Alloy 825 - Sanicro 41 27.31.4.LCu Sanicro 60
  1. Alternative selection within brackets.
  2. Also other grades with similar chemical composition (minor variations mainly the C and/or N contents). Stabilizing element, if any, can be either Ti or Nb.
  3. "xxx" = constructed classification, denotes the type.
  4. Sandvik 25.10.4.L can also be used for the welding of other similar super-duplex steels as well as for a group of 25% Cr duplex steels with PRE values between 37 and 40 (UNS S31803 has PRE 35 and UNS S32750 PRE >41).

* 253 MA, 353 MA and 254 SMO are trademarks owned by Outokumpu OY.

Joining Dissimilar Materials

The table gives our recommendations for the most suitable welding consumable when dissimilar materials are to be joined. If the materials you need to join are not on the list, please contact us.

Base metal 1a Base metal 2b
Type
ASTM/UNS ASTM/UNS EN Exaton welding consumable
EN
Exaton
Carbon and low-alloyed steel 304L 1.4306 18.8.Mn/24.13.LHF/22.15.3.L
321 1.4541 18.8.Mn/24.13.LHF/22.15.3.L
347 1.4550 18.8.Mn/24.13.LHF/22.15.3.L
316L 1.4435 18.8.Mn/24.13.LHF/22.15.3.L
"316Ti"/318 1.4571/- 18.8.Mn/24.13.LHF/22.15.3.L
S30815 1.4835 22.12.HT
S35315 1.4854 28.34.HT
S31803 1.4462 22.8.3.L
S32304 1.4362 22.8.3.L
S32750 1.4410 25.10.4.L
S32906 - 29.8.2.L
N08028 1.4563 27.31.4.LCu
N08904 1.4539 20.25.5.LCu
S31254 1.4547 Sanicro 60
Alloy 600c - Sanicro 72HP/ Sanicro 60
18/8, 304L, 321/347 1.4541/1.4550 19.9.L/19.9.Nb
316L 1.4435 19.12.3.L
1.4306 "316Ti"/318 1.4571/- 19.12.3.L/19.12.3.Nb
3R12 S30815 1.4835 22.12.HT
S35315 1.4854 28.34.HT
S31803 1.4462 22.8.3.L
S32304 1.4362 22.8.3.L
S32750 1.4410 25.10.4.L
S32906 - 29.8.2.L
N08028 1.4563 27.31.4.LCu
N08904 1.4539 20.25.5.LCu
S31254 1.4547 Sanicro 60
Alloy 600c - Sanicro 72HP/ Sanicro 60
18/8/Ti or Nb 316L 1.4435 19.12.3.L
321/347 "316Ti"/318 1.4571/- 19.12.3.L/19.12.3.Nb
1.4541/1.4550 S30815 1.4835 22.12.HT
6R35/8R40 S35315 1.4854 28.34.HT
S31803 1.4462 22.8.3.L
S32304 1.4362 22.8.3.L
S32750 1.4410 25.10.4.L
S32906 - 29.8.2.L
N08028 1.4563 27.31.4.LCu
N08904 1.4539 20.25.5.LCu
S31254 1.4547 Sanicro 60
Alloy 600c - Sanicro 72HP/ Sanicro 60
18/12/Mo "316Ti"/318 1.4571/- 19.12.3.L/19.12.3.Nb
316L S30815 1.4835 22.12.HT
1.4435 S35315 1.4854 28.34.HT
3R60 S31803 1.4462 22.8.3.L
S32304 1.4362 22.8.3.L
S32750 1.4410 25.10.4.L
S32906 - 29.8.2.L
N08028 1.4563 27.31.4.LCu
N08904 1.4539 20.25.5.LCu
S31254 1.4547 Sanicro 60
Alloy 600c - Sanicro 72HP/ Sanicro 60
18/12/Mo/Ti S30815 1.4835 22.12.HT
or Nb S35315 1.4854 28.34.HT
"316Ti"/318 S31803 1.4462 22.8.3.L
1.4571/- S32304 1.4362 22.8.3.L
5R75 S32750 1.4410 25.10.4.L
S32906 - 29.8.2.L
N08028 1.4563 27.31.4.LCu
N08904 1.4539 20.25.5.LCu
S31254 1.4547 Sanicro 60
Alloy 600c - Sanicro 72HP/ Sanicro 60
Duplex S32750 1.4410 25.10.4.L
S31803 S32906 - 29.8.2.L
1.4462 N08028 1.4563 27.31.4.LCu
SAF 2205 N08904 1.4539 20.25.5.LCu
S31254 1.4547 Sanicro 60
Alloy 600c - Sanicro 72HP/ Sanicro 60
Duplex S32750 1.4410 25.10.4.L
S32304 S32906 - 29.8.2.L
1.4362 N08028 1.4563 27.31.4.LCu
SAF 2304 N08904 1.4539 20.25.5.LCu
S31254 1.4547 Sanicro 60
Alloy 600c - Sanicro 72HP/ Sanicro 60
Super-duplex N08028 1.4563 Sanicro 60
S32750 N08904 1.4539 Sanicro 60
1.4410 S31254 1.4547 Sanicro 60
SAF 2507 Alloy 600c - Sanicro 60
Super-duplex N08028 1.4563 Sanicro 60
S32906 N08904 1.4539 Sanicro 60
- S31254 1.4547 Sanicro 60
SAF 2906 Alloy 600c - Sanicro 60
20/25/5 N08028 1.4563 Sanicro 60
N08904 S31254 1.4547 Sanicro 60
1.4539 Alloy 600c - Sanicro 60
2RK65
20/18/6 N08028 1.4563 Sanicro 60
S31254 Alloy 600c - Sanicro 60
1.4547
254 SMO
27/31/4 Alloy 600c - Sanicro 60
N08028
1.4563
Sanicro 28
  1. Each group of stainless steels is also valid for other grades with similar compositions.
  2. Also other steels with similar compositions.
  3. Represents a whole group of Ni/Cr and Ni/Cr/Mo alloys, such as Alloy 625, Alloy 800 and Alloy 825.