A338
For A338, esab-recommended smaw (stick) filler is OK NiFeCI-A/Ni-CI; esab-recommended fcaw (gas-shielded flux-cored) filler is NC 55, verified against its source on 2026-09-16.
- ASTM specification
- A338 verified
- ESAB-recommended SMAW (stick) filler
- OK NiFeCI-A/Ni-CI verified
- ESAB-recommended FCAW (gas-shielded flux-cored) filler
- NC 55 verified
What the source says
A338 OK NiFeCI-A/Ni-CI
— assets.esab.com, retrieved 2026-09-16
Where each value comes from
The value above is stated away from the sentence quoted with the answer, so the passage it comes from is shown here too.
ESAB-recommended FCAW (gas-shielded flux-cored) filler
The source prints this value inside the passage below but does not name it there. The passage shows where it appears; what ties it to this record is the position on the page, not anything the passage says.
NC 55
— all from assets.esab.com, retrieved 2026-09-16
Source
- assets.esab.comhttps://assets.esab.com/assetbank-esab/assetfile/22174.pdf