Flux-cored wire
AssigneeKobe Steel, Ltd.
InventorsHirofumi Maniwa, Yoshihiko Kitagawa, Masamichi Suzuki
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Abstract
A flux cored wire which exhibits excellent welding workability during gas-shielded arc welding, while enabling the achievement of a welded metal that has excellent tensile strength and toughness at low temperatures. The wire is obtained by filling a sheath with a flux and is adequately controlled with respect to the corresponding chemical components, while having a θ of from 10.0 to 30.0 as calculated by the mathematical formula (I): θ=4.1×α−3.2×γ−32.3. The respective contents, in mass %, of Si, Cr, Mo, Ti, C, N, Mn, Cu and Ni, relative to the total mass of the wire, are respectively represented by [Si], [Cr], [Mo], [Ti], [C], [N], [Mn], [Cu] and [Ni], α=0.02×[Si]+[Cr]+1.20×[Mo]+0.3×[Ti]+0.30 and γ=24×[C]+28×[N]+0.25×[Mn]+0.5/[Cu]+1.10×[Ni].
Claims2
A flux-cored wire for gas-shielded arc welding, the flux-cored wire including a sheath filled with a flux, comprising, based on a total mass of the wire:
- Fe:
- 40% or more by mass and 70% or less by mass;
- Cr:
- 15.0% or more by mass and 25.0% or less by mass;
- Ni:
- 5.0% or more by mass and 11.0% or less by mass;
- Si:
- 0.5% or more by mass and 3.0% or less by mass;
- Mn:
- 0.5% or more by mass and 5.0% or less by mass;
- Na and K in total:
- 0.05% or more by mass and 1.0% or less by mass;
- TiO2:
- 3.0% or more by mass and 9.0% or less by mass;
- ZrO2:
- more than 1.0% by mass and 4.0% or less by mass;
- Al2O3:
- 0.3% or more by mass and 2.0% or less by mass;
- C:
- less than 0.015% by mass;
- Ti:
- 1.0% or less by mass;
- Mo:
- 2.0% or less by mass;
- Cu:
- 0.5% or less by mass;
- Al:
- 0.9% or less by mass;
- N:
- 0.040% or less by mass;
- and
- F:
- 0.30% or less by mass,
- wherein θ calculated from the following mathematical expression is 10.0 or more and 30.0 or less,
- θ=4.1×α−3.2×γ−32.3 (I)
- where letting a Si content be [Si] in terms of percentage by mass based on the total mass of the wire, letting a Cr content be [Cr] in terms of percentage by mass based on the total mass of the wire, letting a Mo content be [Mo] in terms of percentage by mass based on the total mass of the wire, letting a Ti content be [Ti] in terms of percentage by mass based on the total mass of the wire, letting a C content be [C] in terms of percentage by mass based on the total mass of the wire, letting a N content be [N] in terms of percentage by mass based on the total mass of the wire, letting a Mn content be [Mn] in terms of percentage by mass based on the total mass of the wire, letting a Cu content be [Cu] in terms of percentage by mass based on the total mass of the wire, and letting a Ni content be [Ni] in terms of percentage by mass based on the total mass of the wire,
- α=0.02×[Si]+[Cr]+1.20×[Mo]+0.3×[Ti]+0.30, and
- γ=24×[C]+28×[N]+0.25×[Mn]+0.5×[Cu]+1.10×[Ni].
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