Wear Plate Olympics
The Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics opened on February 6TH, 2026, and the final ceremonies wrap up February 22ND, 2026.
The finest winter sport athletes in the world compete head to head bringing nationalist pride to the medal winners. For most people, simply qualifying for the Olympics is the achievement of a lifetime. And many of those athletes, often rely on their few days of fame, for the rest of their lives.Everyone Loves A Winner, Yet Few Remember Who Came In Second
If Only There Was An Olympics For Wear Resistant Steel, It Would Be Easy To Know What To Install
In the real world of heavy industry, the difference between first place and third can literally be $100,000 to your bottom line. In today’s world economy, that can be the difference between profitability and closing the doors forever.
Here Is The Background For Chrome Carbide Overlay (CCO) Plate:
• Origin: Hardfaced chromium carbide wear resistant steel, started in the mid-1960s. The plates are created by welding a chromium carbide deposit onto a steel base plate, creating an abrasive resistant hard surface.
• Acceptance: Their greater performance in combating severe abrasion, helped these plates become generally available in the 1990s.
• Performance: The Chrome Carbide Overlay typically produces 55−62 HRC (Rockwell Hardness) or 600−700 BHN (Brinell Hardness).
Here you can see how JADCO CHROMEWELD ™ 600 premium grade Chrome Carbide Overlay out preforms AR500 for extreme abrasion applications.
The ASTM G65 Test Determines Which Abrasion Resistant Steel Is The Most Effective
To Compare Any Material, Every Variable Is Identical, So The Only Change Is The Test Material.
This standardized test measures the material weight loss in grams, from the test samples.
Every test sample is prepared to the same thickness, length and width.
The rubber test wheel is a specific size and durometer hardness. For this example, the test wheel was 8.875” in diameter. They use specific test sand; with consistent granule hardness, grain shape and size.
The rubber wheel rotates an exact number of revolutions. The read-out shows the number of lineal feet. The weight in pounds shown in the above photo is the pressure of the steel test sample against the wheel.
The test sand drops into the spot where the rubber wheel contacts the test material, shown above with the red arrow. The sand is squeezed between the steel and the wheel, causing specific abrasion results.
The Metal Samples Are Weighed Before And After The Test. The Weight Loss Is Measured In Grams.
The images displayed above are screenshots from the Kondex.com G65 video. Watch the full video.
The USA is represented by 232 Olympic Athletes, While Some Countries Only Have One Or Two.
Some athletes compete in only one event, while others like downhill skiing may compete in three or four events.
Like the USA, JADCO has the right “ATHLETES” for every event.
We have the right steel for every application…
How Do JADCO Products Compare For Abrasion Resistance?
The Abrasion Life Increase scale is an accurate representation of wear life for these JADCO products. On the products shown with two names, the first name is a plate and the second name is hardfacing welding alloy wire.
The CW names such as CW600 are the CHROMEWELD ™ family of Chrome Carbide Overlay plates. The Fusion product line are the welding alloys.
Does Your CCO (Chrome Carbide Overlay plate) Vendor Only Have One Type Of Plate?
As the leading manufacturer of Chrome Carbide Overlay (CCO) plate in North America, you can depend on the results you get from JADCO. Most steel distributors buy foreign CCO which has little carbide content, and even less quality control.
Our entire Chromeweld family of CCO products are 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.
If your current vendor is not bringing you new products or different approaches to resolve your wear plate headaches; you have likely outgrown their ability to improve your wear results.
Never consider the CHROMEWELD ™ family of products as a “One Size Fits All” wear plate. We offer these CCO products for your worst wear headaches:
CHROMEWELD™ 600:
The industry leader in Chrome Carbide Overlay wear plate, recognized by many leading manufacturers whose equipment lasts longer than their competition.
CHROMEWELD™ Ti:
For greater impact resistance than your usual CCO will tolerate, Ti is your go-to wear solution.
CHROMEWELD™ Nb PLUS:
Battle fine particle and high velocity abrasion with this combination of Chrome and Niobium carbides.
CHROMEWELD™ COMPLEX:
Combat High Heat abrasion applications with Chrome, Niobium and Vanadium Carbide overlays.
CHROMEWELD™ W:
Tungsten Carbide for the toughest wear environments.
CHROMEWELD™ GLIDE:
When only a perfectly smooth surface will work, no problem; we have your solution.
CHROMEWELD™ FLOW:
Protect the insides of your piping with the best Chrome Carbide material.
Isn’t It Time For You To Get The Longer Wear Life You Deserve?
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.
This further improves your wear plate performance results by having the Research and Development for these state-of-the-art wear resistant products. Each one is already completed and proven in real world applications, before you ever install them in your equipment.
For the last 45 years JADCO has focused exclusively on delivering consistent, longer equipment life for our customers.
Now you understand why we are able to deliver better results to our customers. We think differently by strictly focusing on improving your current results. This is why we deliver better performance results 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, are your profits.
When your flat back elbows give out, give JADCO a shout!
