Container for welding wire

A container for accommodating a welding wire coil, having a metal frame which defines an accommodation space for the welding wire coil, the metal frame having a bottom portion on which the welding wire coil is to be placed, and a side structure intended to laterally support the welding wire coil, the bottom portion of the metal frame being formed from four metal bars arranged so as to form a grid, the side structure of the metal frame being formed by eight metal tubes, each of which is connected to one of the ends of the metal bars, further having a cardboard wall structure covering the outside of the side structure of the metal frame and having an octagonal shape in cross-section, and a cardboard floor structure covering the outside of the bottom portion of the metal frame, and having supporting feet which are bolted to the metal frame and which clamp the cardboard floor structure to the bottom portion of the metal frame.

The container for accommodating an amount of welding wire, having a metal cage with a floor portion and a side portion extending from the floor portion, and having a cardboard wall associated to the side portion of the metal cage, in combination with a welding wire coil sitting on the floor portion of the metal cage and laterally resting at the side structure of the metal cage, wherein the welding wire coil comprises welding wire having a diameter of more than 2.00 mm, and wherein the welding wire coil has a starting portion, the starting portion having a diameter which is reduced as compared to the diameter of the remainder of the welding wire of the welding wire coil.