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I Feel Helpless

JADCO • Rich F.2026-06-19T14:13:18-04:00

“I feel helpless. I feel like people are blaming me.”

After overhearing that comment between two engineers, I paused for a few moments before entering the conference room. It is not unusual for engineers to become stressed under the pressure of making difficult decisions for their equipment.

When your best option turns out to be the wrong solution, there is no place to hide.

Helpless Is A Horrible Place To Be.
Being Blamed For Failed Items Out Of Your Control, Is Even Worse.

Infeed Chute
This area in a paper mill woodyard infeed chute is primarily exposed to high stress abrasion.
This wear plate has required numerous welding repairs for the cracks in the steel.

It is easy to make wear resistant steel hard.

Making it resist impact and abrasion, separates the industry leaders from the peddlers. Doing it properly requires precise alloy and heat treatment control. JADCO has been leading the wear resistant steel industry since 1980.

How Can You Avoid Feeling Helpless?

Partner with experienced vendors who have the proven results you need, to resolve your wear challenges.
This allows you to focus on the items you can control. And let go of the rest.

You Don’t Have To Have All The Answers, As Long As You Know Your Go-To Resource Will Have The Answer You Need.

Jack Ladder Deck

You can see the highly polished plates on the side of this jackladder deck. It is an indicator of high Nickel content, which allows it to take significant impact without cracking. This is why most papermill woodyards specify QT-PLUS ® in their most challenging wear applications.

Which Wear Application Causes You The Greatest Stress?

JADCO’s QT-PLUS ® delivers greater performance IN YOUR MOST CHALLENGING WEAR APPLICATIONS than the various AR type steel plates you have used previously.

Being able to create wear resistant steel having the same hardness through the entire thickness of the steel, demands you accurately control the alloying chemistry with precise heat treating.

Doesn’t Every Steel Company Make Their Wear Plate Last As Long As JADCO QT-PLUS ®?

The quick answer is No; although the attention to alloy content required at the steel mill is available to anyone. Yet most wear plate distributors choose to reduce the proper quantities and percentages of these essential alloying elements, to get a lower selling price.

When you cut back on these critical alloys, wear life drops, and it is always the customer who suffers.

For the last 45 years JADCO has focused exclusively on delivering consistent, longer equipment life for our customers.

Now you understand why we deliver better results to our customers. By strictly focusing on improving your current results, we look at the wear process differently. This is why we deliver better performance results, and lower cost of ownership for our customers.

Allow us to help you today by emailing us at info@jadcomfg.com or calling (724) 452-5252.

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 is profit.

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"With over 30 years of experience in wear-resistant steel and welding solutions, I’m dedicated to helping you make sound decisions, achieve longer equipment life, and improved profitability in your business."


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