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....
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 (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, 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...
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....
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...
Most OEM’s use 1” thick Ni-hard strips held down by countersunk bolts. This labor intensive process may take 3 to 4 days to install on your incline.CHROMEWELD ™ 600 plates install in one day. The competitor’s claim CW600 only has 1/4” of chrome carbide for wear protection. While their...
Last Sunday, the NASCAR season started with their biggest race of the year, the Daytona 500. This race is often referred to as NASCAR's Super Bowl, held on the first Sunday of the season. Every team diligently tests, searching for another 0.003 of a second faster around the 2.5...
Opting for JADCO's wear steel products for your applications and equipment not only enhances performance, but also minimizes our collective environmental footprint.How does JADCO wear resistant steel products reduce your environmental impact? Steel making is tremendously energy intensive.Sixty (60) TONS of greenhouse gases (GHG) are produced in making one...
JADCO’s “Wear Plate Wednesday” Blog Posts cover more than our products. We feature a wide variety of industry specific wear applications, that frustrate most people. After each year, we review all posts and rank them based on your interest and present them to you, in case you missed any the...
Pop Quiz: How often have you dealt with salespeople who didn’t listen to what you said you needed, and just waited to talk about their products? My guess is far too often.The last thing you need are more people wasting your time and ignoring your needs. Amazing how people ignore...
As the clock strikes midnight and we welcome 2025, JADCO Manufacturing is reflecting on an incredible year of growth, innovation, and commitment to delivering the world’s most reliable wear steel products. From the mines of South Africa to paper mills in the Pacific Northwest & Canada, our mission has...
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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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