Amperage from thickness

Code snippets

curl "https://api.oanor.com/welding-api/v1/amperage" \
  -H "x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."

await fetch("https://api.oanor.com/welding-api/v1/amperage", {
  headers: { "x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..." }
});

$ch = curl_init("https://api.oanor.com/welding-api/v1/amperage");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ["x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."]);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$out = curl_exec($ch);

import requests
requests.get(
    "https://api.oanor.com/welding-api/v1/amperage",
    headers={"x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..."}
)

Example response

A real response from this endpoint, captured by the latest health check.

{
    "data": {
        "note": "Mild-steel rule of thumb: about 1 amp per 0.001\" of thickness (so 1/8\" ≈ 125 A), ±10 %. Match electrode/wire size to thickness up to ~1/8\". Thick sections need multiple passes; aluminium and stainless run differently. A starting point — tune to penetration and bead.",
        "inputs": {
            "unit": "in",
            "thickness": 0.125
        },
        "thickness_in": 0.125,
        "amperage_range": "113-138 A",
        "recommended_amps": 125,
        "suggested_electrode_in": 0.125
    },
    "meta": {
        "timestamp": "2026-06-06T07:14:00.715Z",
        "request_id": "2d40e65d-6585-4b19-8d9f-30aed0fd0749"
    },
    "status": "ok",
    "message": "Amperage",
    "success": true
}