Contact Tip, 16ST, 0.045 Inch, 0.054 Inch Bore, 1.5 Inch L

Tweco 16 Series Heavy Duty Tapered Contact Tip accommodates 0.045 wire and is perfect for use with 350 - 600 A Tweco Spray Master and Tweco No.6 MIG guns as well as specific MIG gun series. Contact tip with excellent electrical properties is ideal for use in heavy duty welding application up to 600 A. It features part number and wire diameter for easy identification. 1 1/2 Contact tip with M8 X 1.25-6g thread size has 0.054 nominal ID and 0.375 OD. Contact tip is made from extruded or gun-drilled 122 DHP copper alloy and machined from a copper alloy tubing to offer a consistent as well as smooth surface of inside diameter with +/-0.003 tolerance. It has threaded style that ensures proper contact with a gas diffuser when installed to the MIG gun. It comes in slip-on or thread-on nozzle styles with a choice of diameter bore sizes. Contact tip locks in place when twisted and offers better electrical conductivity with increased surface contact. Contact tip features thick-walled design that acts like a heat sink conducting heat away from the arc source. It can be twisted quarter turn clockwise when tip wear point is reached that reveals a new wear point for doubling the life of the tip. Contact tip is sold as 25 per pack.