This International Standard specifies the size requirements (diameters, lengths and tolerances) for the following filler materials for manual welding:
— covered electrodes;
— drawn or extruded filler materials supplied in straight lengths;
— filler materials, other than drawn or extruded, supplied in straight lengths.
NOTE — Flux cored or solid bare wires are not taken into consideration in this International Standard. They are dealt with in ISO 864.