Welder Deposition Rate
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- 450A MIG with 1/16" wire gets 17 lb/hr. [1]
- This gets us to make about 1-2 heavy duty sprockets for tractor drive
- This gets us know into fesibility of MIG Casting engine blocks.
- This is a low skill process, allowing further opportunity in Extreme Manufacturing starting with scrap steel. This upgrades the need for wire drawing to produce welding wire.
- Disadvantage: this requires 2x the energy over casting or hot rolling - because an extra step is needed to melt the feedstock fully. Quenching in water can possibly reclaim energy of water for space heating.