Lincoln Electric's Stainless Consumables Family

Diameters / Packaging

Diameters
33 lb Spool
250 lb Accu-Trak® Drum
0.030 in (0.8 mm) ED035091
0.035 in (0.9 mm) ED035092 ED035097
0.045 in (1.1 mm) ED035098 ED035102
1/16 in (1.6 mm) ED035104

Blue Max® 316L

MIG (GMAW)

CLASSIFICATIONS:
ER316
ER316L

Designed with low carbon & 2-3% Mo to improve corrosion & pitting resistance

DETAILS

Blue Max® MIG wire is designed to perform exceptionally at high wire feed speeds

Features

  • Low carbon content reduces the possibility of carbide precipitation and intergranular corrosion
  • The 2-3% molybdenum improves pitting corrosion resistance of the weld deposit
  • Q2 Lot® - Certificate showing actual wire composition and calculated ferrite number (FN) available online

Typical Applications

  • Maintenance and Repair
  • Power Generation
  • Process Industries

Welding Positions

  • All

Shielding Gas

  • 98% Ar/ 2% O2

Disclaimers

Warning -

Cancer and Reproductive Harm -

www.P65Warnings.ca.gov

BEFORE USE, READ AND UNDERSTAND THE SAFETY DATA SHEET (SDS) FOR THIS PRODUCT AND SPECIFIC INFORMATION PRINTED ON THE PRODUCT CONTAINER. SDS Search page

See test result disclaimer

CONFORMANCE

CONFORMANCES SPECIFICATION CLASSIFICATION
AWS AWS A5.9 ER316, ER316L
ABS AWS A5.9 ER316, ER316L
CWB CSA W48 ER316, ER316L
MIL MIL-E-19933E AMD1 MIL-316L

WIRE COMPOSITION

Classification %C %Cr %Cu %Mn %Mo %N %Nb %Ni %P %S %Si Ferrite Number (Delong ©) Ferrite Number (WRC-1992 ©)
ER316 Requirement 0.08 max. 18.0 - 20.0 0.75 max. 1.0 - 2.5 2.0 - 3.0 11.0 - 14.0 0.03 max. 0.03 max. 0.30 - 0.65
ER316L Requirement 0.03 max. 18.0 - 20.0 0.75 max. 1.0 - 2.5 2.0 - 3.0 11.0 - 14.0 0.03 max. 0.03 max. 0.30 - 0.65
Typical Result 0.01-0.02 18.5-18.7 0.03-0.13 1.6-1.8 2.1-2.6 0.03 0.01 max. 11.8-12.2 0.02 0.01 max. 0.39-0.40 8-12 7-11

TYPICAL OPERATING PROCEDURES

Diameter Shielding Gas Voltage
volts
Approx. Current
amps
0.030 in (0.8 mm) 98% Ar / 2% O2 26-29 160-210
0.035 in (0.9 mm) 98% Ar / 2% O2 26-29 160-210
0.045 in (1.1 mm) 98% Ar / 2% O2 28-32 180-250
1/16 in (1.6 mm) 98% Ar / 2% O2 29-33 200-280