Construction & Fabrication
Construction and Fabrication Connects our World. Hobart® filler metal connects structures.
From small construction jobs, to large bridges and skyscrapers, confab welding projects demand high-quality welds — which means you need filler metals you can count on: Hobart® filler metals.
Poor weld quality hurts your projects — and your company.
Welding is critical to structural projects, so don’t compromise: Hobart provides superior weldability for a wide range of applications. From light construction and home fabrication projects to large structures like the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, Hobart has the solution.
It’s the tie that binds STABILITY + TRUST
Every day, 250,000 vehicles pass over the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. To ensure safe journeys, engineers responsible for the integrity of the bridge’s structural steel depended on Hobart filler metals — see why.
Resource Center
Metal-Cored Welding Wire Maximizes Success
LeJeune Steel Company uses Hobart metal-cored wire to reduce costs and improve productivity on structural steel projects like the U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. Learn how.
Moving From Stick Electrodes To Self-Shielded Flux-Cored Welding Wire: Part One
Double your deposition rate by switching from stick to self-shielded flux core. Learn how.
Moving From Stick Electrodes To Self-Shielded Flux-Cored Welding Wire: Part Two
Considering self-shielded flux-cored welding wire for more productivity and efficiency? Learn more.
Field Or Shop: Best Processes For Structural Welding
Structural steel fabricators face challenges on every job. Get helpful guidance to pick the right process for your next structural welding project. Learn more.
Products
Hobart® 418
AWS: E7018 H4R, E7018-1 H4R
Good general purpose low hydrogen electrode. Easy to use in all welding positions, with excellent arc stability, low spatter levels, and easy slag removal.
Fabshield® XLR-8 ™
AWS: A5.20: E71T-8JD-H8
For those applications requiring all position capability with low temperature impacts. Designed for use outside.
Fabshield® XLNT-6
AWS: A5.20: E70T-6
For applications that require a self shielded high deposition wire with low temperature impact toughness. Designed for use outside.
Fabshield® 21B
AWS: A5.20: E71T-11
This wire is used for almost any general purpose welding application and in any position. Works well on coated steels.
FabCOR® 86R
AWS: A5.18: E70C-6M H4
Higher deoxidization elements allow this metal cored wire to have more tolerance for mill scale welding applications
FabCO® RXR
AWS: A5.20: E70T-1C/-9C
RXR is an E70T-1 wire that has a higher level of de-oxidizing elements to handle mill scale, rust and other contaminants.
FabCO® Excel-Arc™ 71
AWS: A5.20: E71T-1C/M H8, E71T-9C/M H8
All position wire for both CO2 and mixed gas. For mild and low alloy steel applications.
FabCO® Triple 7
AWS: A5.20: E71T-1C/M H8, E71T-9C/M H8 A5.29: E81T1-GC/-GM H8
Intended for single and multiple pass applications in all positions. Designed for carbon and higher strength steels.