Is a process that uses a flux covered metal electrode to carry an electrical current Fig.1-a the current forms an arc across the gap between the tip of the electrode and the work. The electric arc creates sufficient heat to melt both the electrode and the work. Molten metals from the electrode travels across the arc to the molten pool of metal are surrounded, purified and protected by gaseous cloud and a covering of slag produced as the flux coating of the electrode burns or vaporize, as the arc moves away, the mixture of the molten electrode and the base metal solidifies and becomes one piece.