Product standard
AWS A5.1
AWS A5.1 — Carbon steel covered electrodes
AWS A5.1 is the American Welding Society specification for covered carbon steel electrodes — the standard behind classifications such as E6013 and E7018. It is what a welding procedure written to AWS calls up.
What it covers
- Classification system (E60xx / E70xx) and what the digits mean
- Mechanical properties of the deposited weld metal
- Coating type, polarity and positional capability encoded in the classification
Documents you can ask for
- Classification certificate for the batch
- Batch number on each package
- Mill certificate for the core wire heat numbers on request
Products declared against AWS A5.1
No catalogue line currently carries this declaration. Send us the requirement and we will confirm which of our items can be supplied against it.