The invention discloses an Al-Mg-Er
welding wire and a preparation process thereof. The Al-Mg-Er
welding wire mainly comprises the following chemical components in percentage by
mass: 4.3 to 6.5 percent of Mg, 0.4 to1.2 percent of Mn, 0.05 to 1.3 percent of Zr, 0.1 to 0.6 percent of Er and the balance of Al and other inevitable impurities. The preparation method comprises: preparing pure aluminum ingots, pure
magnesium ingots, Al-Mn(10.0) preliminary
alloy, Al-Er (0.6) preliminary
alloy and Al-Zr (4.5) preliminary
alloy; melting the alloys in a
mixing ratio in a
medium frequency induction electric resistance furnace and performing
casting to make a cast
ingot; subjecting the homogenized cast
ingot to end
cutting and face milling and hot
extrusion; and after intermediate annealing, performing
wire drawing in a
wire drawing machine while performing pass annealing, subjecting the wire drawn to surface treatment, and coiling the wire to obtain the Al-Mg-Er
welding wire of the invention. The welding wire of the invention has the advantages that: the
smelting process is stable and easy to implement and the drawing performance of the welding wire is high; the obvious refining molding performance of the structure of the welding wire is high, the strength of weld joint
metal is guaranteed and that the
plasticity of weld joint
metal is equal to that of a parent
metal is guaranteed; and the
impurity content of the Al-Mg-Er welding wire is low, the
toughness is improved, the solution strengthening of an
aluminum substrate is promoted, and the strength of the weld joint metal is improved effectively.