This is the first of a two-parter in which ESAB’s Mick Andrews takes Andrew Pearce through the finer points of hardfacing, piercing and gouging. Sounds painful… Hardfacing is something of a mystery.

As the names suggest, Duroxite ® AP ELECTRODE and Duroxite ® AP WIRE have properties that make them suitable for all-position (AP) welding, including flat, horizontal, vertical and overhead welding.

Vision protection and protection from heat and electricity, or the arc itself, are obvious precautions for welding. Less obvious is how to prevent exposure to the fumes and gases inherent with many ...

In the second part of our series on hardfacing, ESAB’s Mick Andrews walks Andrew Pearce through gouging. In part 1 we covered a lot of ground – rod selection, buffering layers, pre-heating and cooling ...