Ultimate-18:

Hydrogen controlled, basic coated iron powder type electrode of outstanding quality-ULTIMATE-18 represents a unique combination of numerous features which every welder and welding engineer look for on shop floor and at erection site:

• Ease of operation in all positions.
• Smooth and stable arc which is easy to strike & restrike.
• Low spatter and with due control on molten pool.
• Slag detachability with little effort.
• Finely rippled bead with regular profile.
• Welds of consistent X-ray quality.
• Weld metal which possesses excellent mechanical properties and displays resistance to cracking caused by heavy stresses and/or hydrogen.
• A higher level of metal recovery at 110-115%.
• Great resistance to moisture pick-up.

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Applications:The tough, crack-free weld metal of consistent radiographic quality, renders ULTIMATE-18 suitable for welding of carbon steels in fabrication of machinery & equipment of a wide range, especially for structures which are designed for severe service conditions involving heavy stresses and dynamic loads. It finds numerous applications with grain-refined constructional steels having tensile strength in the range 500 to 600 N/mm². Boilers Pumps and Compressors, Off-shore drilling rigs & Platforms, Pressure vessels, Frigates & Submarines, Blast furnace shells, Rotary kiln shells, Machinery for earth moving & road building, Bridges Rail wagons & coaches.