At this 'Happy Holiday' time of year, we take a moment to tell each of our customers, employees, and business partners how much we appreciate you and your business this past year. We understand there are several competitors you could select for your wear resistant material needs.Thank you for the...
Rotary Feeders are one of the most used pieces of equipment by every Pulp & Paper and Biomass industry.Feeding a consistent quantity of bark for boiler fuel is critical for the steam generating system.The wear happens when tiny pieces of bark work their way between the rotor and housing....
Manganese is one of the most misunderstood steels for wear resistant steel applications.Manganese is used extensively in the mining, aggregate, foundries, metal recycling, and railroad industries.They all utilize Manganese in similar types of machinery, for the same functions in crushing applications. Whether you are shredding junk and car bodies...
Most Original Equipment Manufacturer's (OEM’s) offer replacement cheek plates using Manganese or AR400. In the toughest granite quarries in the Northeast US, this requires them to replace their cheek plates 3 to 4 times per year. Several large granite quarries in the Northeast processes 3+ million tons of granite per year....
A major North American mine had been using two different competitor’s Chrome Carbide Overlay (CCO) plates for the side liners of their shovel dipper. Switching their materials for dipper wear components to JADCO's CHROMEWELD™ and QT-PLUS®, the customer experienced an increased wear life from 9 months to over 14 months...
DO YOU REALLY KNOW WHAT YOU ARE BUYING????? Most people believe the name “AR400 steel” indicates the steel they are buying is 400 BHN (Brinell) hardness. UNFORTUNATELY, THERE ARE NO INDUSTRY GUIDELINES OR STANDARDS FOR WEAR PLATE. Meaning your steel can be any hardness at all. We have seen...
Kirsh Foundry Incorporated, in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, just completed a capital equipment upgrade, and selected JADCO’s QT-PLUS® for their major wear components. They chose General Kinematics to provide several pieces of new equipment for their system. One question we often hear: “Is QT-PLUS® formable?” This Sorting Shaker features QT-PLUS ® for...
Everyone has done it in the past, and unfortunately it will happen again to others. Did you buy into a salesman's line: …Our wear resistant steel lasts just as long as JADCO, but it costs less!” And you decided to ‘give them a chance to prove it’? We know... and We’re sorry it...
Can you even recognize if a lack of experience may be holding you back...Remember, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW!!” There's no shame in seeking good advice. And once you have it, YOU KNOW IT. In fact it's the ONE thing "ALL TOP PRODUCERS" have in common. They invest in learning about new tricks,...
From the time JADCO was founded on August 8, 1980; our customers have heard countless reasons why Brand ‘T’ or Brand ‘H’, etc., wear plate is better than QT-PLUS®. One Thing Our Customers Consistently Heard Is: Our Steel Is So Much Harder; It Is Tough To Form.” What they are not telling...
While Chrome Carbide Overlay plate lasts far longer than AR500 for extreme abrasion applications, they do require replacement over time. Since it wears slowly, at times your crew may overlook these important wear components, as they look the same season after season. To make certain we deliver the longest-lasting materials for...
Boring holes into the earth is the most efficient excavation method to create support anchors for wind turbines and other free-standing structures. The core barrels environment naturally deals with constant abrasive wear. Boring creates high stress grinding and gouging abrasion with every rotation. Early methods of protection...
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?
If so, talk with a JADCO professional.
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