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A743 · CF-3M, CF3MN

For A743 · CF-3M, CF3MN, astm specification is A743; class or grade is CF-3M, CF3MN; esab-recommended smaw (stick) filler is AR 316L; esab-recommended gmaw/gtaw filler is Autrod/Tigrod 316L/316LSi; esab-recommended fcaw (gas-shielded flux-cored) filler is SB 316L, verified against its source on 2026-09-16.

ASTM specification
A743 verified
Class or grade
CF-3M, CF3MN verified
ESAB-recommended SMAW (stick) filler
AR 316L verified
ESAB-recommended GMAW/GTAW filler
Autrod/Tigrod 316L/316LSi verified
ESAB-recommended FCAW (gas-shielded flux-cored) filler
SB 316L verified
ESAB-recommended FCAW (self-shielded flux-cored) filler
CB 316L verified
ESAB-recommended MCAW (metal-cored) filler
AR MC316L verified
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DatasetESAB recommended filler metals and suggested preheat group, by ASTM steel grade

What the source says

A743 CF-8, CF-20 C AR 308/308H, OK 61.25 Autrod/Tigrod 308H CG-12, CH-10, CH-20 AR 309/309H CF-8M AR 316/316H CF-8C OK 61.81/61.85 Autrod/Tigrod 347/347Si CH-10 AR 309L Autrod/Tigrod 309L/309Si CK-20 OK 67.13 Autrod/Tigrod 310 CE-30 OK 68.81 Autrod/Tigrod 312 CA-15M, CA-6NM OK 68.17 Autrod/Tigrod 410NiMo CF-3 AR 308L Autrod/Tigrod 308L/308LSi CF-3M, CF3MN AR 316L Autrod/Tigrod 316L/316LSi

assets.esab.com, retrieved 2026-09-16

Where each value comes from

The values above are stated away from the sentence quoted with the answer, so the passage that states them is shown here too.

ESAB-recommended FCAW (gas-shielded flux-cored) filler, ESAB-recommended FCAW (self-shielded flux-cored) filler and ESAB-recommended MCAW (metal-cored) filler

SB 316L CB 316L AR MC316L

— all from assets.esab.com, retrieved 2026-09-16

Source

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