TROY, Ohio. January 12, 2009-Hobart Brothers offers two gas-shielded metal-cored welding wires designed to improve weld quality and reduce downtime on high-strength, low alloy steel welding applications. Compared to equivalent ER80S-D2 solid welding wires, Tri-Mark^® Metalloy^® Vantage™ D2 and Tri-Mark Metalloy 80D2 wires provide higher deposition rates, better wet-in and faster travel speeds for greater productivity. Both also provide the necessary mechanical properties to match the challenging needs of heavy equipment manufacturing and structural parts applications.

The Metalloy Vantage D2 welding wire produces weld toe lines almost completely free of silicon deposits and with little to no spatter, reducing time spent for parts preparation and minimizing post-weld cleanup prior to painting or coating. The wire is especially well suited for single pass fillet welds, and when used with higher content Argon shielding gas blends (e.g. 90% Ar/10% CO2), Metalloy Vantage D2 provides excellent wet-in and virtually no spatter. The wire is available in .045- and .052-inch wire diameters.

The Metalloy 80D2 metal-cored welding wire is particularly well suited for multi-pass welding and can be used proficiently on multiple types of weld joints and materials. Like the Metalloy Vantage D2, this wire provides excellent mechanical properties, especially when used with Argon-rich (90% Ar/10% CO2) shielding gas mixtures. The Metalloy 80D2 also provides good wet-in and low spatter levels compared to equivalent solid wires, and is available in .045-, .052- and 1/16-inch wire diameters.

Hobart Brothers is dedicated to the highest level of Performance Welding™. For product specification sheets or to learn more about Hobart Brothers products, visit hobartbrothers.com, email [email protected], call 1-800-424-1543, fax 1-800-541-6607, or write Hobart Brothers Company, 101 Trade Square East, Troy, OH 45373.

Hobart Brothers Company of Troy, Ohio, is a leading manufacturer of welding filler metals marketed under the brand names Hobart, Tri-Mark, McKay and Corex. Hobart Brothers Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Illinois Tool Works, Inc. based in Glenview, Ill. ITW is a multinational manufacturer of a diversified range of value-adding and short-lead-time industrial products and equipment.