Blue Max Stainless Wire

Diameters / Packaging

Diameters
33 lb Spool
0.045 in (1.1 mm) MG606045667

Techalloy® 606

MIG (GMAW)

CLASSIFICATIONS:
ERNiCr-3

Used for dissimilar welding applications between various nickel alloys and stainless or carbon steels, as well as for overlay

DETAILS

Techalloy® offers a wide variety of nickel alloy grades of MIG, TIG, and SAW welding products lot tested with certificates of actual wire chemistry and typical mechanical results available online

Features

  • Used for TIG, MIG and SAW welding of base materials such as ASTM B163, B166, B167 and B168 - alloys which have UNS Number N06601
  • Suitable for applications ranging from cryogenic to high temperatures making this alloy one of the most used in the nickel family
  • Used for dissimilar welding applications between various nickel alloys and stainless or carbon steels, as well as for overlay

Typical Applications

  • Maintenance and repair welding
  • General Fabrication
  • Process Industries

Welding Positions

  • All

Shielding Gas

  • 75% Ar/25% He

Service Information

BEFORE USE, READ AND UNDERSTAND THE SAFETY DATA SHEET (SDS) FOR THIS PRODUCT AND SPECIFIC INFORMATION PRINTED ON THE PRODUCT CONTAINER. SDS Search page

CONFORMANCE

CONFORMANCES SPECIFICATION CLASSIFICATION
AWS AWS A5.14 ERNiCr-3
CWB AWS A5.14 ERNiCr-3
MIL MIL-E-21562E EN82

WIRE COMPOSITION

Classification %C %Cr %Cu %Fe %Mn %P %S %Si %Ti %Nb+Ta %Ni+Co
ERNiCr-3 Requirement 0.10 max. 18.0 - 22.0 0.50 max. 3.0 max. 2.5 - 3.5 0.03 max. 0.015 max. 0.50 max. 0.75 max. 2.0 - 3.0 67.0 min.
Typical Result 0.04 19.9 0.02 1.2 2.9 0.003 max. 0.003 max. 0.10 0.35 2.4 73.2

TYPICAL OPERATING PROCEDURES

Diameter Shielding Gas Polarity Voltage
volts
Approx. Current
amps
.035" (0.9 mm) 75% Ar, 25% He DC+ 26-29 150-190
.045" (1.1 mm) 75% Ar, 25% He DC+ 28-32 180-220
1/16" (1.6 mm) 75% Ar, 25% He DC+ 29-33 200-250