Blue Max Stainless Wire

Diameters / Packaging

Diameters
33 lb (15 kg) Steel Spool
0.030 in (0.8 mm) ED035023
0.035 in (0.9 mm) ED035025
0.045 in (1.1 mm) ED035027
1/16 in (1.6 mm) ED035028

Blue Max® 2209

MIG (GMAW)

CLASSIFICATIONS:
AWS A5.9 : ER2209

BLUE MAX® MIG 2209 designed for welding 2205 duplex stainless steels

DETAILS

BLUE MAX® MIG 2209 offers excellent resistance to stress corrosion, cracking and pitting. The microstructure of the weld metal consists of austenite and ferrite.

Features

  • Q2 Lot® - Certified Material Test Report showing actual wire composition, Country of Origin and calculated ferrite number (FN) of each lot is available online in the Certificate Center
  • Proprietary surface lubricant for steady feeding and arc stability leading to exceptional performance at high wire feed speeds
  • The welds offer excellent resistance to stress corrosion, cracking and pitting
  • The microstructure of the weld metal consists of austenite and ferrite

Typical Applications

  • Offshore
  • Oil and Gas
  • Chemical
  • Petrochemical
  • Welding 2205 duplex stainless steel

Welding Positions

  • All

Shielding Gas

  • 98% Ar / 2% O₂

Disclaimers

Warning -

Cancer and Reproductive Harm -

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

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CONFORMANCE

CONFORMANCES SPECIFICATION CLASSIFICATION
AWS AWS A5.9 ER2209
ABS AWS A5.9 ER2209
CWB CSA W48 ER2209

WIRE COMPOSITION

Classification %C %Cr %Cu %Mn %Mo %N %Ni %P %S %Si Ferrite Number (Delong ©) Ferrite Number (WRC-1992 ©)
ER2209 Requirement 0.03 max. 21.5 - 23.5 0.75 max. 0.50 - 2.00 2.5 - 3.5 0.08 - 0.20 7.5 - 9.5 0.03 max. 0.03 max. 0.90 max.
Typical Result 0.01 22.7-22.9 0.04-0.09 1.53-1.60 3.1 0.15-0.16 8.3-8.6 0.02 0.003 max. 0.47-0.58 32 54-60

TYPICAL OPERATING PROCEDURES

Diameter Shielding Gas Voltage
volts
Approx. Current
amps
.030" (0.8 mm) 98% Ar, 2% CO2 26-29 160-210
0.035 in (0.9 mm) 98% Ar / 2% CO2 26-29 160-210
0.045 in (1.1 mm) 98% Ar / 2% CO2 28-32 180-250
1/16 in (1.6 mm) 98% Ar / 2% CO2 29-33 200-280