Do you see yourself walking on a treadmill or climbing a ladder?Some people are comfortable trudging through life as if they are on a treadmill. They seem content to just be moving, without making much progress.While motivated people want to be climbing a ladder. Which allows you to achieve...
Serving the Midwest’s demand for concrete block, these aggregate hoppers have seen better days. The white areas above the welder, you can see the crushed stone chips from the next bin used to make concrete block. Here the mild steel walls have completely rusted away, allowing the material...
Thank you all for the positive feedback we have received over the past year, with regard to our "Wear Plate Wednesday" wear resistant steel blog posts in 2023. We are pleased you have found them beneficial. Your questions and comments regarding abrasion resistant steel wear plate and wear plate...
Many times, when people evaluate the cost of replacing wear resistant steel, they look no further to make their selection than comparing the price per pound. And frequently that has proven to be an enormous mistake, in the end costing them far more than they could possibly imagine. When talking with...
Most of us tend to believe as we live and grow, we become more proficient in our progress. We often see this improvement as a continually rising straight line. That opinion works until we start to experience what life actually has in store for us. Even using a GPS, our...
Are you surfing all over the internet looking for honest, accurate information on wear resistant steel products and applications?JADCO has recently redesigned our website, and built in a variety of tools to assist you in quickly locating the answers you need.Rather than just list our products, our mission is...
At a recent meeting, I commented that one of the participants certainly had a strong opinion. A friend replied... “Opinions are like belly-buttons; everybody has one.”After a pause he delivered one of the most profound statements I’d ever heard: “Don’t Listen To People With An Opinion... Listen To People With Experience.”As we...
Your Success Is Determined By How You Respond To Challenges & Opportunities. Never let random circumstances or chance, dictate your results. The failed wear plate in this Bark Bin photo, had been replaced during their last maintenance shutdown. Unfortunately, what they were promised was “Through Hardened AR400 Wear Plate”, didn’t last even...
A longtime metal recycling customer called JADCO saying he was having an issue for the first time welding our JADCO QT-PLUS ®.This was a surprise since QT-PLUS is designed to be easy to weld.He explained “the welding arc was nearly uncontrolled...it is dancing all over the place.”I said, “It sounds...
A recent customer commented about drilling holes through JADCO QT-PLUS.It reminded us, that others likely have the same question or experience. When asked how his project was progressing, Ron C’s immediate answer was...“I can tell QT-PLUS ® is way harder than my old wear plate, it just ignores drill...
(1) When your equipment is crippled by failed wear plate, not a single customer is interested in researching which steel has the best steel making chemical formula. (2) The true “behind the curtain secret” to creating longer lasting wear resistant steel, is the combination of various added elements...
The real difference depends your level of NEED.There is a huge difference between the following two scenarios: (1) You stop at the sporting goods store and take a few minutes to compare inflatable rafts for a river trip with friends in three weeks. (2) You are looking for a life...
OUR “WEAR PLATE WEDNESDAY” AUTHOR
“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.”
We are always talking with our customers about the wear and impact challenges they face in doing business.
Each industry has unique challenges to overcome when it comes to moving and manipulating products. While our experienced sales and fabrication teams have seen alot, they have not seen it all. Now, with supply chain issues, there are even more challenges to overcome, keeping machines running optimally , and in some cases, running at all. Is there something your team is having trouble finding?
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