Cored electrode with fume reduction

A consumable welding electrode for electric arc welding using a shielding gas and creating a reduced amount of fume and forming a weld bead containing less than about 0.1 weight percent aluminum comprised of a low carbon sheath containing a filler formulation comprising metallic aluminum, a stabilizing agent, titanium oxide based flux and alloying agents, said stabilizing agent and said metallic aluminum having a weight percent ratio of about 3:1.

A consumable welding electrode for electric arc welding in a shielding gas and producing a reduced amount of fume during welding and forming a weld bead containing less than about 0.1 weight percent aluminum, said shielding gas selected from the group consisting of carbon dioxide, inert gas, inert gas mixtures and mixtures thereof, said electrode comprising a low carbon sheath containing a filler formulation therein, said filler comprising of, by total weight of said filler 0.5% to 2.0% metallic aluminum and 1.4 to 5.7% stabilizing agent, wherein the weight ratio of said metallic aluminum to said stabilizing agent ranges between 1:2.4 to 1:3.5.

A consumable cored electrode for gas shielded arc welding and producing reduced amounts of fume during said welding and forming a weld bead containing less than about 0.1 weight percent aluminum, said electrode comprising a low carbon steel sheath with less than 0.07% by weight of said sheath carbon and a fill material within said sheath, said fill material being essentially free of non-ferrous carbon compounds and containing 0.5-5.0 percent metallic aluminum powder.

A method of arc welding with a shielding gas to produce a reduced amount of fume during said welding and forming a weld bead containing less than about 0.1 weight percent aluminum, said method comprising the steps of using a cored electrode with a ferrous sheath having less than 0.07% carbon and a fill material essentially free of carbon powder and non-ferrous carbon compounds and containing 0.5-5.9% metallic aluminum powder by weight of said fill material.

A consumable welding electrode for electric arc welding in a shield gas and producing reduced amounts of fume during said welding and forming a weld bead containing less than about 0.1 weight percent aluminum comprising in combination a steel sheath and a filler within said sheath, said filler including metallic aluminum powder and a stabilizing agent wherein said stabilizing agent and said aluminum have about a 2.4:1 to 3.5:1 weight ratio.