For more than a century and a half, people have been actively using welding equipment, with which they actively join various metal parts. At the same time, we can say with complete confidence that the use of modern electrodes and equipment allows welding work much more efficiently.
It is worth noting that nowadays welding electrodes are created from a large number of alloys, so you can choose electrodes for welding low-alloy steels and practically for welding any metal object for which an electrode is manufactured, and its application will provide the best results.
Along with the equipment, the electrodes for welding have also undergone significant transformations, since science has provided a lot of new data on the behavior of welding, the various difficulties that occurred during welding, and of course a lot depends on the electrodes and their composition. Therefore, electrodes for SSSI welding due to their composition are used for critical structures in manual arc welding.
The electrodes melt under the influence of a strong current and the metal is deposited on the surface of various parts. Of course, although the use of electronics and new materials in the creation of welding machines has changed a lot, the principle of welding has still practically not changed over the decades.
Electrodes should be suitable in composition to those alloys that will be welded, so for welding in the oil and gas industry welding electrodes LB-52U . After all, if you use electrodes that do not correspond to the tasks of the end use of structures that will be welded, then the seam will not last long, and corrosion can much more actively harm the welded seam in a short time.