BME Hardfacing
OBJECTIVES - BENEFITS
Parts and equipment that are exposed to wear are subject to abrasion, impact and/or
erosion. These external factors cause hundreds of tons of material to be lost and productivity
that can never be recovered. This represents significant expenses to companies in the
recovery or replacement of these wear prone elements.
MIG TUNGSTEN CARBINE PROVIDES A SOLUTION
1. Increase the service life of parts that become worn (shovel tips and adaptors, blades,
dredging teeth, mixing blades, hammers) from 200% to 800% more than conventional
hardfacing alloys.
• Mining Equipment – shovel and bucket wear parts, drilling parts
• Highway and Road Construction Equipment
• Trenching Equipment
• Processing Equipment – mixing blades
• Dredging Equipment – cutter heads and teeth
• Recycling Equipment – hammers and other wear parts
2. Improve productivity by keeping wear parts sharp and maintaining physical dimension
tolerances.
3. Reduce expenses caused by frequent maintenance interruptions and downtime.
4. Reduce the cost of replacement parts
ADVANTAGES OF HARDFACING
• LONGER SERVICE LIFE – Fewer replacement parts are needed when parts
are hardfaced with MIG Tungsten Carbide.
• HIGHER PRODUCTIVITY - Upon improving wear life with MIG-TC, this
contributes to the equipment working and producing more per hour. This
increases the productivity and therefore your profits.
• LESS DOWNTIME - GREATER AVAILABILITY OF MACHINE - a longer
service life means that it will you will spend less time replacing the tips. This
contributes to a reduction in total operating costs.
