Method for gas metal arc welding

A device for gas metal arc welding, exhibiting a current-carrying wire electrode, characterized in that a device is present for supplying a dead weld metal, wherein the dead weld metal contains a constituent that releases deleterious emissions through evaporation, the device for supplying the dead metal weld is designed to feed the dead weld metal to the arc and/or a molten bath without a current, and the current-carrying wire electrode does not contain this constituent.

A use of a dead weld metal during gas metal arc welding, wherein a current-carrying wire electrode is melted by an arc, and wherein gas metal arc welding is performed using a filler metal, which contains at least one constituent that releases deleterious emissions through evaporation, characterized in that a composition that does not contain this constituent is selected for the wire electrode, and a dead weld metal containing this constituent is fed to the arc and/or a molten bath without a current, so as to prevent the release of the deleterious emissions.