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All-State®
Aluminum Products for Gas Shielded Arc Welding — MIG and TIG
General Characteristics of All-State®
1100, 4043 and 5356 Aluminum These
fine wires are manufactured to exacting standards, using state-of-the-art drawing
and spooling machinery, providing
the best dimensional, mechanical and metallurgical controls. Product tolerances
and patented feedability, and
surface conditions, provide excellent feeding, constant penetration, and arc stability.
Die-shaved and level- layer
wound.Continuously inspected throughout their manufacturing cycle. 1100, 4043,
and 5356 MIG and TIG cut lengths
meet AWS A5.10 specifications. Description
All-State® 1100
Provides excellent ductility, corrosion
resistance, performance at elevated temperatures and color match after
anodizing. Good strength and ease of
welding. Use when joining 1100 aluminum to itself or 3003, 3004, 5005, and
ALCLAD
3003. Also good for 1060, 1070, 1080 and 1350 alloys. Description
All-State® 4043
Alloy 4043 is one of the oldest and
most widely used welding alloys. The silicon additions result in improved
fluidity (wetting
action) to make the alloy a preferred choice by welders. The alloy is less sensitive
to weld cracking and
produces brighter, almost smut free welds. Limitations of this alloy are, unsuitability
for post weld anodizing, color
match, and should not be used for welding 5XXX series base alloys with more than
3% Mg content. Description
All-State® 5356
Alloy 5356 was designed originally
for welding 5XXX® series base alloys,
providing good strength and when used as
a MIG electrode, good feedability. Typically used on 5XXX series alloys
welded to themselves or to the 6XXX series
heat treatable alloys. One important limitation of this filler alloy, because
of its 5% Mg content, is its unsuitablity
for use on components operating at service temperature exceeding 1500F.
