Is welding with 7018 electrodes a universal practice for wood-burning stoves?
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For a repair 7018 would probably be my preferred method.
But no manufacturer uses 7018 anymore for building stoves. It'll be a wire feed process of some kind, likely pulsed spray transfer with solid or metal-core wire. Although standard short circuit will be used for lots of parts.
Laser welding is looking promising, just not sure it's being commercially used for woodstoves yet.
But no manufacturer uses 7018 anymore for building stoves. It'll be a wire feed process of some kind, likely pulsed spray transfer with solid or metal-core wire. Although standard short circuit will be used for lots of parts.
Laser welding is looking promising, just not sure it's being commercially used for woodstoves yet.
For a repair in the field, 7018 would be my preferred choice...no gas tanks, quicker to set up, one of the easier rods to run, etc.
If I were fixing something in the shop, wire feed would be my preferred choice. GMAW-P (Pulse) or GMAW-S (Short Circuit) with a 70 series wire would be the two transfers I would typically use. With GMAW-S (Short Circuit), I wouldn't recommend it on thicker materials (1/4" or bigger).
7018 stick rod is just a low hydrogen stick rod, a wire equivalent to that would be like a 70S-6. I can't see why they would use anything of a higher tensile strength.
If I were fixing something in the shop, wire feed would be my preferred choice. GMAW-P (Pulse) or GMAW-S (Short Circuit) with a 70 series wire would be the two transfers I would typically use. With GMAW-S (Short Circuit), I wouldn't recommend it on thicker materials (1/4" or bigger).
7018 stick rod is just a low hydrogen stick rod, a wire equivalent to that would be like a 70S-6. I can't see why they would use anything of a higher tensile strength.
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