Wear is one of the most challenging issues faced by heavy industry. In mining alone, 17% of the consumed energy is used to combat wear failure, which accounts for 2.7% of worldwide CO 2 emissions.

As the names suggest, Duroxite ® AP ELECTRODE and Duroxite ® AP WIRE have properties that make them suitable for all-position (AP) welding, including flat, horizontal, vertical and overhead welding.

A new 101HD high-hardness hardfacing wire is said to better match hardfaced plate popular in aggregate, concrete, power-plant, and mining applications. The small-diameter (1/16-in.) wire sports better ...

At Cleveland Hard Facing, Greenleaf WG-300 ceramic inserts not only increase machining speeds and feeds for cutting tough welded overlays, they are the reason the shop can keep its machining work ...

This is the first of a two-parter in which ESAB’s Mick Andrews takes Andrew Pearce through the finer points of hardfacing, piercing and gouging. Sounds painful… Hardfacing is something of a mystery.

for hydroturbine applications when tested to ASTM G32 for cavitation erosion. It is also said to be twice as effective at resisting erosion as cobalt-based alloys inlcuding Stoodite 21. Hydroloy 914 ...