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Mig and Shielded Metal Arc Horizontal Fillet – 1/4” Leg Size
Required Information:
1/16” dia. wire 3/16”
E-6024 Spray Arc Mig
Shielded Metal Arc Labor
hourly rate + Overhead $15
$15 Arc travel
speed (inches per 18 15
min) (Table 8-2)
(45.72 cm/min)
(38. 1 cm/min) Operating
duty cycle 60% 30%
Pounds of weld metal required
per foot .141 (.21 kg/m)
.141 (.21 kg/m) Electrode
and wire price per pound
.60 (.79/kg)* .50
(.35/kg)* Deposition efficiency
95% 65%
Ar-5% 02 gas flow
rate 50
(1415.7 1/hr) Ar-5%
02 cost per cubic feet .075
(.0015/1) + Using this cost information,
the costs can be determined.
