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The Application of Hardfacing To New Parts

The thermal spray process can be used to refurbish a surface that is worn-down on used parts. But to increase wear resistance of new parts, during their production, hardfacing is applied. Arc welding applied versions are used to extend an industrial component’s life and is a surfacing operation. It can be part of a maintenance program or used preemptively on new components. The result is significant savings in production costs and lessened machine downtime. This is the main reason that the process of hardfacing has become so popular in so many industries. Industries can include sugarcane and food, power, petrochemical, mining, cement, and steel, just to name a few.

Advantages

• Hardfacing minimizes oxidation and distortion, resists chipping upon impact, and is extremely hard. It enables easy edge surfacing, is corrosion resistant, and provides a metallurgical bond of protective surfacing to substrates.
• The feedback of the service performance and the component service conditions are used to determine the optimal an alloy selection. For every phenomenon involving wear, in each and every industry imaginable, there is an appropriate welding electrode that will offer maximum resistance to wear and erosion. The process used to protect parts and machinery today were unimaginable decades ago. One can only speculate as to the future of parts, machinery, and product protection.