A long-time steel mill customer was pleased when he was only able to gets a few months from AR450 previously; and CHROMEWELD™ 600 Chrome Carbide Overlay plate delivered 2 years of wear life. It immediately set the new standard for wear resistant performance success.

Several years later, a new maintenance supervisor was searching for a new longer lasting solution. He was informed how much better this was than their prior AR steel. His response was…

“… and now I want something to last even longer.”

In a steel mill, the Direct Reduced Iron Chute or DRI, streams recycled steel scrap into the ladle.  Not only is the location difficult to access, it is naturally the greatest wear challenge in the melt department.

To replace these chute liners, the entire system must be shut down to allow a crane and a 200-foot-high man lift to access and replace the liners. This means these wear components are only changed during a scheduled facility maintenance shut down.

The majority of their wear occurred in very specific areas. Over the years, they tested nearly every wear resistant steel available, hoping to get a handle on these difficult challenges.

To combat these severe wear issues, JADCO created CHROMEWELD^™ W, our tungsten carbide overlay plate.  ‘W’ is the atomic symbol for the element Tungsten.

We manufactured ½ on ½ CHROMEWELD^™ W for them to test in this worst-case location, along with a full sheet to use as patch plates for specific problem locations.

The term ½ on ½, refers to welding a ½” thick Chrome Carbide layer also containing Tungsten Carbide particles; on top of a ½” thick steel base plate. This makes the overall plate 1” thick.

The steel mill tested the CHROMWELD™ W plates in their DRI chutes, to deliver the fastest feedback. Due to the difficult location, they were not inspected until after one year in production. There was no visible wear on the CHROMWELD™ W liners, other than ‘shining up’ the surface of the CHROMWELD™ W.

Once The Carbides Fall Out, You Just Lost Your Wear Resistance.

JADCO Makes It Differently.

Tungsten Carbides in other producer’s CCO, sink to the bottom of the weld deposit.  This means the wear resistance of their Tungsten Carbides products cannot begin to deter wear until the deposit is nearly gone.

The steel mill discovered JADCO’s CHROMEWELD^™ W, was the only product to evenly disperse the Tungsten Carbides from the top surface, all throughout the entire thickness of the overlay deposit. 

As the leading manufacturer of CCO plate in the USA, you can depend on what you get from JADCO.  Many steel distributors buy foreign CCO with little carbide content and far less quality control.

Our entire CHROMEWELD FAMILY of CCO products is made at our headquarters in Harmony, PA, 30 minutes North of Pittsburgh. 

To make certain we deliver the longest lasting materials to our customers, JADCO has created our own clad machines. This gives us total control over every aspect of making our industry leading CHROMEWELD™ overlay plate.   

For the past 44+ years, JADCO has provided the longest lasting wear resistant steel to heavy industry.  As the industry leader, we know what will deliver the best results for your equipment.

We take pride in meeting your critical schedules involved with shutdown projects.  We understand how essential it is to meet your delivery needs when you have outside contractors standing by to install your equipment.

Unlike other manufacturers who only offer a “One Size Fits All” CCO wear plate, JADCO offers the CHROMEWELD™ family of CCO products. These unique clad wear resistant products were developed to control your most stubborn wear challenges.  Each one has already been proven in real world applications, delivering confidence in JADCO products before you ever install them in your equipment.

Like this steel mill (their NDA requires we not use their name), our customers are always looking to us for continuous improvement, and rely upon JADCO to continue to create new products, to address their specific wear challenges.

For the past 44+ years, JADCO has provided the longest lasting wear resistant steel to heavy industry.  As the industry leader, we know what will deliver the best results for your equipment.

We pride ourselves to deliver “Walk Away Results” to you.  This means we are both able to walk away after you install JADCO wear resistant steel products, knowing you will not lose sleep wondering if these wear products will fail in your equipment at the worst possible time.  Not with JADCO.

At JADCO, we think differently by strictly focusing on your results.  Now you can understand why JADCO delivers better performance results for our customers. 

Allow us to help you today by calling 724.452.5252, or email info@jadcomfg.com.
We will schedule a meeting with one of our local wear plate specialists at a time that best fits your schedule.

Remember, the only thing you have to lose by not working with JADCO, are your profits.