Adonweld  provides stick welding equipment (SMAW, MMAW, ARC / MMA Welding) that provide excellent performance and versatility. Contact us for our monthly stick welder rental rates.

Shielded metal arc welding (SMAW) or stick welding is mainly used because it is a relatively easy and most versatile welding method. This method is used in the construction and fabrication of mild steel as well as stainless steel structures and is popular across all kind of industries. SMAW is generally used on materials like carbon steel, cast iron, ductile iron, stainless steel and low and high alloy steels and can be used for almost any thickness of material, when applied by an experienced welder. Stick welding is a comparatively inexpensive and portable process, and is even used in underwater welding. Since the shielding gas is provided by the flux coating on the welding electrode, no extra shielding gases are needed. It can be done in any position with no upper limit on material thickness, but is not useful for welding anything thinner than 1.5 mm.