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JADCO'S LATEST NEWS
SME RETC 2023
JADCO is attending the Rapid Excavation & Tunneling (RETC) Conference in Boston, MA, June 11-14, 2023. Once again, the JADCO team of professionals will be in Booth 726 to answer all your wear steel questions and discuss why JADCO is the right partner for every excavation and tunneling project. Every...
AIST 2023
JADCO is attending Steel's Premier Technology Event...AISTech 2023. This year, we are headed to Huntington Place in Detroit Michigan, May 8-11, 2023. AISTech is North America’s largest annual iron and steel technology conference and exposition. It provides a global perspective on today’s marketplace by featuring technologies from all over the world...
SME MN 2023
Connect with JADCO and mineral professionals in the heart of the iron range... @ SME MN. On April 17-19, 2023 in Virgina Minnesota, our friendly JADCO professionals will be in Booth 127 to answer all your wear steel questions and tell you why our wear steel products are superior to...
US COAL SHOW 2023
JADCO is attending our "hometown" US Coal Show - Longwall Edition, May 9-11, 2023, in beautiful Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This show, that was once called the Longwall USA Exhibition & Conference, returns to the David L. Lawrence Convention Center. For nearly 25 years, Longwall USA has been the leading conference for...
CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2023
JADCO is coming to Las Vegas for CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2023, the largest construction show in North America. The event is March 14-18, 2023, and our team of professionals will be exhibiting JADCO's line of superior wear steel products, to demonstrate the numerous benefits that our superior wear steel products bring...
THE PRECAST SHOW 2023
JADCO is growing our business and discovering new opportunities. We're coming together with over 4000 manufactured concrete industry professionals to get business done. Look for us in Booth #850 at the show, this year, being hosted in Columbus, Ohio. Do you need to register? Register Today! We're showcasing our company’s products...
Georgia Construction Aggregate Association
Tradeshows are back...and JADCO is looking forward to exhibiting our impact and abrasion-resistant steel products and services at the GCAA 2023 show , starting February 21st, and running through the 23rd. We will be demonstrating our stellar products at the fantastic annual show. Do you need to register? Register Today! The...
Mill Operations Technical Advancement Group
JADCO is proud to announce that we are exhibiting our impact and abrasion-resistant steel products and services in beautiful, Atlanta, Georgia. Our representatives are attending the Mill Operations Technical Advancement Group's 'SOUTH" 50th Anniversary Trade show, starting February 15th, and running through the 17th. We will be demonstrating our...
Energy Progress & Innovation Conference • ND EPIC
JADCO is attending the Energy Progress & Innovation Conference • ND EPIC, the annual power conference held in Bismarck, North Dakota. The Energy Generation Conference originated in 1978 as a Power Plant Operations Conference held in conjunction with the ND Rural Electric Cooperatives’ Annual Statewide Apprenticeship Training & Safety Conference. A small group...
HAPPY HOLIDAYS
Everyone here at JADCO Mfg., Inc. hopes you had a very Merry Christmas, and a Happy Holiday. Our team wishes you a prosperous New Year filled with goodwill and friendship.
OUR NEW JADCO WEBSITE
We are always looking for better ways to serve our customers. With that said, we've been working behind the scenes to improve not only our products but enhance our brand and marketing efforts. We know (and hope that you know) that we have the best abrasion and impact-resistant steel products...
JADCO EXPANDS FUSION LINE WITH NEW ULTRABOND E
CUSTOMERS ASK... JADCO DELIVERS Over recent years, the industry results using JADCO UltraBond welding wire for installing QT-PLUS®, AR400, AR500, and other heat-treated wear-resistant steel has been highly successful. Our customers have been so impressed with FUSION™ UltraBond wire, they requested we offer the matching performance in a stick electrode. Introducing...
INTRODUCING JADCO WALL TIES
Our New, Nominal Form/Wall Ties are tough, 100% American-made high-quality steel manufactured in ‘steel country’, just outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA. These JADCO Form/Wall Ties fit most all-aluminum concrete form systems. JADCO Wall Ties make projects easier to build while making them stronger and safer. They are engineered and tested...
AIS TECH STEEL SHOW
JADCO was proud to exhibit our impact and abrasion-resistant steel products and services in our own backyard, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Our representatives demonstrated our products from Booth 319, where we displayed our wear solutions for Steel and Foundry industries. While we talked about all of our superior products, our main...
COAL PRO TEC 2022
JADCO was excited to attend COAL PRO TEC 2022, exhibiting our impact and abrasion products from Booth 326, where we displayed our wear solutions for the Coal Preparation Industry. Our main focus was our CHROMEWELD™ and QT-PLUS® solutions for areas such as screens, chutes, hoppers, and washer bottoms used...
2023 EVENTS & TRADE SHOWS
Q2 2023
- Rapid Excavation & Tunneling Conference • RETC
- Booth #726
- June 11 – 14
- Boston, Massachusetts
- SME Minnesota
- Booth #127
- Apr 17 – 19
- Virginia, Minnesota
- Association for Iron Steel Technology • AIST TECH
- May 8 – 11
- Detroit, Michigan
- US Coal Show • Longwell Edition
- Booth #844
- May 9 – 11
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Q4 2023
- Aggregate Producers of Wisconsin
- Oct 15 – 17
- Wisconsin
- Glass Problems Conference
- Booth 308
- Nov 6 – 9
- Detroit, Michigan
Q1 2024
- The Precast Show 2024
- Booth 2138
- Feb 8 – 10
- Denver, Colorado
- World of Asphalt/AGG1
- Booth 1144
- Mar 25 – 27
- Nashville, Tennessee
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RECENT BLOG ARTICLES
EVERYONES A CRITIC
You probably arrived at this website/blog post searching for better results in your equipment wear applications, or your a regular reader. If you are a regular reader, you probably regularly ask (1) Why did you buy this equipment?, or (2) Why did they do it that way?We often want...
JADCO CHEEK PLATES PRODUCE MILLION MORE TONS THAN OEM MANGANESE OR AR400
This week, we review a customer’s request to combine our two leading wear plate products to deliver world class performance. A large granite quarry in the Northeast US averages 2 to 3 million tons of granite per year. Using OEM cheek plates of Manganese or AR400 required changing these plates...
PURCHASING WEAR PLATE
Purchasing is a tough, thankless job; never to be confused with ‘shopping.'Purchasing managers have to be unequal parts: negotiator, banker, juggler and babysitter at any given moment. JADCO understands how to deliver wear resistant steel that will improve your results.Here is a purchasing professional’s viewpoint on how the relationship...
WEAR STEEL LIFE INCREASED SEVEN TIMES VS. AR500
Reducing downtime on haul trucks is critical for mining and aggregate operations, especially when hauling one of the most abrasive materials in the mining industry. Profitability is compromised when your haul trucks aren’t moving because your welding crew is overwhelmed with replacing equipment wear liners. CAT 777E haul truck body...
WHAT DOES YOUR WEAR PLATE WEIGH?
Check out this post for a quick calculator to quickly determine the weight of your steel.Customers often ask us to quote two thicknesses of wear plate when quoting wear resistant steel for a project. They are comparing the cost difference to the benefit of longer wear life.Often they consider...
TECHNOLOGY TRIAL AND ERROR
The news this past week was all about Elon Musk’s Spacex launch of their new Starship heavy rocket launch. While the mission was not a complete success, the team did learn a lot, and will try again. During the broadcasts, news anchors remembered the 1969 moon landing where Neil Armstrong,...
EASILY PROTECT YOUR ROAD MILLING EQUIPMENT FROM EXCESSIVE WEAR
New road milling drums are expensive to purchase and maintain. Most companies focus on bit life, and ignore a simple step to prevent excessive wear on the pocket standoffs. Protecting the tool bit holders or pockets, is the first step in proper maintenance and up keep of your milling...
HOW TO DETERMINE REMAINING WEAR LIFE
Wear plate preventative maintenance is typically the most challenging PM task, more than any other task with regard to your equipment. The ‘Run To Failure’ maintenance method without a PM plan, usually requires shutting down your equipment to make critical repairs. Most Abrasion Resistant (AR) steel is only surface hardened as...
