Industrial gas cylinder ARCAL™ Force

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DESCRIPTION
ARCAL™ Force: argon cylinder containing 18% CO2, a high-performance shielding gas designed for MAG welding of thick carbon steels and mechanically stressed components. The Ar/CO2 (18%) mix provides deep penetration, excellent bead compactness and good mechanical properties of welds. Versatile, also suitable for short-circuit welding of thin sheets and tolerant to imperfect part preparation, including oxidized plates.

Applications

• MAG welding of carbon steels — all applications (mechanically stressed parts and/or thick sections)

Benefits

• Simplicity: a robust choice for MAG welding of thick carbon steel parts.
• Weld quality: 18% CO2 content ensures strength and sound weld beads.
• Performance: composition enabling optimal bead compactness and good mechanical characteristics (radiographic quality).

Usage

• Suitable for manual, (semi-)automatic, automatic or robotic welding.
• Compatible with solid wire, metal-cored wire or flux-cored stainless wire for some applications.
• Good tolerance to poor fit-up; suitable for welding oxidized sheets.

Supply options
Available in cylinders and bundles according to consumption volumes. Also offered in COMPACT format (300 bar) for extended welding time compared with the standard format.

Valve heads and accessories
ARCAL™ Force cylinders can be equipped as standard with the SMARTOP™ head. Optionally, an EXELTOP™ head with integrated regulator (two-stage) and Quick Connect fitting is available for all-in-one use and precise flow control.

Sustainability
The gas packaged in cylinders and bundles is produced and filled locally using 100% renewable electricity according to the producer's practices.

Characteristics / technical specifications

• Reference: I2506
• Physical state: gaseous
• Relative density (gas): heavier than air
• Molecular weight: mix
• Connection / Valve: ALTOP/EXELTOP: Quick Argon; SMARTOP: AFNOR C (21.7 x 1.814 SI - right male); Bundle connection: 38x2 (S)
• CAS No.: Ar: 7440-37-1; CO2: 124-38-9
• Single molecule: MIX
• Composition (vol.): Ar; CO2 18% ± 1.8%
• Impurities (extracts): H2O (5 bar) ≤ 40; O2 ≤ 50; N2 ≤ 200 (see datasheet for full details)
• Additional information: Product compliant with EN ISO 14175 - M21 - ArC - 18 (welding application)
• Colour: colourless
• Odour: odourless