Investigation of flux cored wire type effects on properties of weld bead in MAG welding

As MAG Welding's advantages against other welding methods, utilization of MAG Welding increases in recent industry and selection of flux cored wire types is a quite important point in MAG Welding. Weld metal composition must cover and meet mandatory and specified physical and mechanical properties as a result of accurate flux cored wire selection, protective gas, sufficient and high-class labor. Flux cored wire type effects to properties of weld bead in MAG welding were investigated in this thesis study. St 52 as structural steel, %100 CO2 as protective gas, rutile and basic flux cored wire were consumed during experimental studies. Tensile, hardness, notch, root-face bending tests were performed to establish the effects to mechanical properties of weld bead while different type flux cored wires useage on the same main material.