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Select The Right Wear Plate For Your Chain Deck
Are You Planning To Replace A Chain Deck? Select The Correct Wear Plate And Don’t Worry About Unplanned Breakdowns. Here you can see the structural beams for the load side of the log conveyor chain deck. The ‘ribs’ you see under the cross beams, keep the chains separated on the chain return...
PAPER PROS…WILL YOU BE AT TAPPICON 2025? WE WILL!
Be sure to visit our JADCO PROS at booth #824 for the best in wear resistant materials...as we're at TAPPICON 2025 in Minneapolis Minnesota. When? It's May 4th through the 7th, 2025. As the paper industry continues to consolidate and reduce the number of papermills in North America, it is vital...
Install The Better Coal Prep Refuse Screens
Recent changes in government legislation is breathing new life into every aspect of the coal industry. One of the United States largest coal prep plants had been using AR400 and other popular wear resistant steel in their screens for decades. The Best Wear Products From JADCO’s Major Competitors, Delivered Less Than...
Are Tariffs Affecting Wear Plate Pricing?
Tariffs on imported goods from every country are all over the news, causing uncertain prices for everything from the stock market to the grocery store.While Wear Resistant Steel Is Not Immune From Price Changes, Foreign Steel Prices Are All Over The Board.JADCO Wear Plates Are Proudly Made In America “You...
Do You Only See Current Problems?
As I write this, stock market analysts are warning everyone of an upcoming “Market Correction”. They believe it is coming soon, and we need to prepare ourselves for some temporary short term losses.While talking with a friend about investments recently, he said one of the most accurate statements I...
Longer Life For Tire Recycling Screens
Tires are one of the most recycled products in the USA. Since 1990 — through the combined efforts of U.S. Tire Manufacturer’s Association, state and federal regulators, recyclers and other stakeholders — 94% of the scrap tires stockpiled in the U.S. have been recovered for new uses.Although the total...
Get 60% More Production Life With JADCO QT-PLUS ® Feeder Floor Liners
Crushing Midwest quartzite for railroad ballast is tough on equipment.With Winter shutdown, the challenge to increase production becomes difficult to accomplish. Railroad BallastAfter using ¾” AR400 for decades in the feeder to their jaw crusher, they always limped their crushing equipment along trying to make the end of the season....
Looking For Thin Chrome Carbide Overlay Plate?
When researching Chrome Carbide Overlay plates, something you seldom see available are thinner wear plate thickness.Unlike Most CCO Manufacturers, JADCO Makes All Of Our CHROMEWELD ™ Chrome Carbide Overlay Plates In House. This includes clad plates in light gauge thickness. We are able to make these thin plates by...
Hydrogen In Wear Resistant Steels
Hydrogen (H) is the lightest known element and is highly flammable when exposed with oxygen in the air. If you're old enough or a history buff, you may recall the most famous Hydrogen disaster. The German airship Hindenburg, on May 6, 1937, blew up while trying to land at...
Tungsten Carbide Plate Versus Tungsten Drop
Tungsten, the hardest metallic element known, has long been used for its exceptional wear resistance properties. While companies often incorporate Tungsten particles into welding wire matrices for wear protection, the effectiveness of these materials can be compromised when the matrix wears away, causing the carbide particles to fall out. At...
JADCO Delivers Straight Talk
This week’s blog post is an excerpt from a recent interview with JADCO President, Sam Anderson. In the discussion, Sam discusses JADCO’s industry leading Chrome Carbide Overlay (CCO) plate, CHROMEWELD ™ 600, and the differences found in competitor’s CCO products. “I often talk about base plate thickness in overlay plate....
Understand the Best Way To Mount Chrome Carbide Plate
Wear plates are usually retained with bolts or welded in place. When you have easy access to both sides of your wear plate liners, bolting them in place is simple. For some reason, the easy locations never seem to wear out.Unfortunately the opposite is also true. Murphy’s Law Of...
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OUR “WEAR PLATE WEDNESDAY” AUTHOR
RICH F.
“My hands on experience with wear resistant steel and welding solutions since 1993 will assist you to get longer equipment life and greater profitability.
As a guest welding instructor at Fox Valley Technical College in Appleton, Wisconsin; I deliver technical information and application expertise in everyday language; insuring the information is not only understood, but easily retained. You will not find 25-cent words in this Wear Plate Wednesday Blog, just straight forward information to deliver the best return on your efforts.”
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