Advantages of shielded FCAW

[JTMcC]

Thats for sure. No one wants to pay anything...Bob

Not for simple, easy to do work.
The road to higher wages is work in hard to fill fields.

The bigger problem in my opinion are the "I only buy the cheapest chineese crap" people of wally. Wages will adjust.

J

[aametalmaster]

That means a larger pool of available welders, at lower labor rates.


J

Thats for sure. No one wants to pay anything...Bob

[JTMcC]

The big advantage of gas shielded FCAW is that a large number of welders can qualify with it. It's one of the easiest process' to run. That means a larger pool of available welders, at lower labor rates.

Self shielded FCAW, once you get out of 211 land and into the voltage sensitive wires required in most structural apps, requires quite a bit more welding skill. That narrows the available pool of qualified welders and increases labor cost considerably.

SS FCAW is about all you'll find in outdoor structural steel code work. Inside GS FCAW will be more common in most applications.

J

Strong....all we usee 99% of the time is 1/16" 777 wire. Once ina blue mean on a big job we'll use 7/64" or 3/32".....always with c02

Its strong and you can lay lots of wire in a day. I use .045 10 hours a day...Bob

[aametalmaster]

Its strong and you can lay lots of wire in a day. I use .045 10 hours a day...Bob

[7018fiend]

What are the advantages of gas shielded flux core? I imagine you want any protection you can get, but what is different about it?