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Technical

You don’t need a different process. You need a different size.

August 30, 2026 by Graham Fry
Cross sections of 1.2 mm solid, 1.2 mm metal cored, 1.0 mm solid and 1.2 mm flux cored wire showing conducting steel area and current density in A per mm squared at 250 amps.

Solid, flux cored and metal cored, compared properly, and why 1.0 mm solid wire is the pick for most of what a fab shop welds.

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