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Oxarc Star Blends

Oxarc Star Gas Blends

Learn more about Oxarc’s Star Gas Blends below! Get to know the processes for each, applicable materials, and the applications and results.

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STARGON Blends

Process: GMAW, FCAW, Short Arc, Spray, Pulse

Materials: Carbon Steels, Low Alloy Steels

Application & Results: 

  • 3/16 and thicker
  • Better operator appeal than AR/CO2
  • Good multi-pass capabilities
  • Good arc stability
  • Better wetting and travel speed
  • Has low smoke and spatter levels

Process: GMAW, FCAW, Spray Arc, Pulse

Materials: Carbon Steels, Low Alloy Steels, Stainless Steel

Application & Results: 

  • Excellent with spray on heavy sections of steels and stainless
  • Narrow deep penetration
  • Used mainly on stainless steels for wetting and low bead profile
  • Low Smoke

Process: GMAW, Spray Arc, Pulse

Materials: Carbon Steels, Low Alloy Steels, Stainless Steel

Application & Results: 

  • Excellent with pulse on heavy sections of steels and stainless
  • Used for out of position welding and thinner plate in pulse mode
  • Maximum CO2 allowed to weld stainless carbide precipitation
  • Low smoke

Process: GMAW, FCAW, Short Arc, Spray Arc, Pulse

Materials: Carbon Steels, Low Alloy Steels

Application & Results: 

  • Excellent mechanical properties
  • Increased travel speeds
  • Improved wetting with increase in width of fusion
  • Used more in spray transfer and metalcore wires

Process: GMAW, FCAW, Short Arc, Heavy Material, Spray

Materials: Carbon Steels, Low Alloy Steels

Application & Results: 

  • Close to Stargon 5 but has better tolerance to mill scale
  • Used more in short arc than spray mode
  • Flux cored wires
  • Good deposition

Process: GMAW, FCAW, Short Arc

Materials: Carbon Steels, Low Alloy Steels

Application & Results: 

  • For short applications versus CO2
  • Decrease in crown and smoke
  • Less spatter and burn through
  • Most popular for flux cored wires
  • Best choice for small diameter wire

Process: GMAW, Spray Arc

Materials: Carbon Steels, Low Alloy Steels, Stainless Steel

Application & Results: 

  • Provides good shielding at low flow rates
  • Tolerant of arc length changes
  • Good wetting and arc stability
  • Provides lowest level of fumes on solid wires
  • Used on stainless where high corrosion resistance is needed

Process: GMAW, FCAW, Spray Arc

Materials: Carbon Steels, Low Alloy Steels, Stainless Steel

Application & Results: 

  • Weld puddle fluidity increases
  • Faster travel speeds
  • Lower transition level to spray
  • Droplet size will decrease while the droplet rate will increase

HELISTAR Blends

Process: GMAW

Materials: Stainless Steels

Application & Results: 

  • Good for short arc wire welding of thin gauge stainless steels

Process: GMAW, GTAW

Materials: Aluminum Alloys, Magnesium, Copper & Nickel Alloys

Application & Results: 

  • Very Hot
  • Thick aluminum, preferred on 1/2″ thick copper and nickel alloys
  • May reduce or eliminate preheat
  • Deep and wide penetration

Process: GMAW, GTAW

Materials: Aluminum Alloys, Magnesium, Copper & Nickel Alloys

Application & Results: 

  • Hot
  • Good on thick aluminum with good x-ray quality
  • Reduced clealing
  • Less spatter and high travel speeds
  • 5/32 to 1/2″ material thickness

Process: GMAW, GTAW

Materials: Aluminum, Magnesium

Application & Results: 

  • Compared to Argon; better bead width and fusion, improved heat transfer, increased wetting action and travel speed
  • Used for medium thickness material, 3/32 to 3/8″

HYDROSTAR Blends

Process: Plasma Welding

Materials: Stainless Steel

Application & Results: 

  • High heat

  • Straight polarity

  • Higher travel speeds

  • Decreased wetting

  • Improved process control

Process: PAW, PAG, PAC, Plasma Arc, Welding, Gouging and Cutting

Materials: Stainless Steel, Nickel, Nickel Alloys, Magnesium, Low Alloy Steel (PAW)

Application & Results: 

  • Used mainly for plasma cutting and gouging on stainless alloys and aluminum
  • Leaves a very smooth, shiny, and non-contaminated edge