A269 · S40945, S40975, S40977
For A269 · S40945, S40975, S40977, astm specification is A269; class or grade is S40945, S40975, S40977; esab preheat group is C; esab-recommended smaw (stick) filler is AR 309/309H/308/308H, OK 61.25; esab-recommended gmaw/gtaw filler is Autrod/Tigrod 409Nb, recorded from its source on 2026-08-31.
- ASTM specification
- A269 verified
- Class or grade
- S40945, S40975, S40977 verified
- ESAB preheat group
- C verified
- ESAB-recommended SMAW (stick) filler
- AR 309/309H/308/308H, OK 61.25 verified
- ESAB-recommended GMAW/GTAW filler
- Autrod/Tigrod 409Nb verified
- Suggested preheat, low hydrogen (H8 and less), by thickness
- T < .75: 200, .75 < T < 1.5: 300, 1.5 < T < 2.5: 300, T > 2.5: 350 our reading
- Suggested preheat, hydrogen above H8, by thickness
- T < .75: NR, .75 < T < 1.5: NR, 1.5 < T < 2.5: NR, T > 2.5: NR our reading
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
What the source says
A269 304 AR 308/308H/308L, OK 61.25, Autrod/Tigrod 308H/308L/308LSi 304L, 304LN AR 308L Autrod/Tigrod 308L/308LSi 316 AR 316/316H/316L Autrod/Tigrod 316L/316LSi 316H AR 316/316H Autrod/Tigrod 316L/316LSi 316L, 316LN AR 316L Autrod/Tigrod 316L/316LSi 317 Autrod/Tigrod 317L 321, 347, 348 OK 61.81/61.85 Autrod/Tigrod 347/347Si 405, S41500 C OK 68.17 Autrod/Tigrod 410NiMo 409, S40910, S40920, S40930 C AR 309/309H/308/308H, OK 61.25 Autrod/Tigrod 409Nb 429 AR 309L, OK 67.13 Autrod/Tigrod 309L/309Si/310 430 Autrod/Tigrod 430Ti/430LNb 439 N08367, N08926 OK NiCrMo-3 Autrod/Tigrod NiCrMo-3 N08800, N08810, N08811 OK NiCrFe-2 Autrod/Tigrod NiCr-3 N08904 904L 250 max OK NiCrMo-3 Autrod/Tigrod 385/NiCrMo-3 S20400 OK 68.81 Autrod/Tigrod 312 S30909 309H AR 309/309H S31254 250 max OK NiCrMo-3 Autrod/Tigrod NiCrMo-3 S31260, S32550, S32750, S32760, S32950 OK 68.53 Autrod/Tigrod 2509 S31803, S32205, S32304, S31200, S31260 OK 67.55/67.53 Autrod/Tigrod 2209 S40945, S40975, S40977 C AR 309/309H/308/308H, OK 61.25 Autrod/Tigrod 409Nb
— assets.esab.com, retrieved 2026-08-31
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.
Suggested preheat, low hydrogen (H8 and less), by thickness and Suggested preheat, hydrogen above H8, by thickness
Preheat A B C D Low Hydrogen H8 and less T < .75 70 70 200 300 .75 < T < 1.5 70 125 300 400 1.5 < T < 2.5 150 200 300 400 T > 2.5 225 300 350 500 Hydrogen > H8 T < .75 175 175 NR NR .75 < T < 1.5 225 225 NR NR 1.5 < T < 2.5 275 275 NR NR T > 2.5 300 300 NR NR
— all from assets.esab.com, retrieved 2026-08-31
Source
- assets.esab.comhttps://assets.esab.com/assetbank-esab/assetfile/22174.pdf