Industrial Wear Solution Family
Wear-Tek™
Characteristics:
- "Off the scale" hardness levels without heat damage to the substrate. Exceeds both Rockwell B & C hardness scales. Click here for hardness chart
- Prevents wear, erosion, abrasion, corrosion & high temperature damage under extreme loads
- Is the only way to hard-face dimensioned, unweldable parts
- Reported service-life extensions of 300%- 600% plus are common
- Not a coating which can chip or peel off. Forms a true metallurgical bond with substrate. Click here for illustration
- All metals can be protected, even unweldable metals like titanium. Exception: gray cast iron (ductile cast iron can be treated)
- Excels in protection against very high and low pH's (especially alkaline)
- Wear-Tek "hard-face on hard-face" is a very effective solution
(e.g. over 17-4 stainless) - Available in extra smoothed form for close tolerance parts
Typical Applications:
- Uptime-critical machined parts in 24 x 7 process environments
- Parts made of exotic metals that cannot be heat-treated without damage
- Pulp & paper refiners, heavy wear parts
- Rotating power generation plant parts (gas & hydro applications)
- Valve parts, especially in high speed, high pressure, and abrasive environments
- Pump parts handling abrasive / corrosive liquids and slurries
Slip-Tek™
Characteristics:
- Significantly reduces metal-to-metal sliding friction and fretting
Click to view Chart A (steel) or Chart B (aluminum) - Prevents galling, wear and frictional heating
- Produces a very durable base alloy but is manipulated to promote the concentration of an integral dry lubricant on the alloy surface, significantly reducing sliding friction and wear.
- High temperature stability, far above limits of most lubricants, provides lubrication after oil lubricant film failure
- Self-lubricating effect is long lasting
- Dimensional tolerances are controllable for close fitting parts
- Can be used in dry or liquid lubricant environments
Sharp-Tek™
Characteristics:
- Significantly extends sharpness-life for cutting tools, blades, bits and saws
- Patented process produces a self-sharpening effect which contributes to extraordinary sharpness-life
- Cutting-life extended from 2 to 5 times and up (depending on application)
- Less downtime for replacement and/or sharpening of cutting edges
- Purchase fewer new cutting tools
- Cut quality is maintained longer, sometimes improved
Cav-Tek™
Characteristics:
- Engineered to defend against cavitation damage
- Does not chip or splay-off like coatings
- For pump impellers, pump volutes, valves, propellers and other machinery subject to cavitation
- Excellent protection in high-velocity, high-suction pumping applications
- Provides very good corrosion and erosion protection
- Adds high erosion resistance when pumping abrasive liquids & slurries
Grip-Tek™
Characteristics:
- Maximize microscopic surface gripping power
- Surface micro-roughness is increased to produce strong gripping surfaces for applications where maintaining grip and traction is a problem, and where normal solutions can not be used or won't last
- Prevents slipping of friction drives, especially under wet conditions
- Increases holding power of grabbing and clamping jaws and chucks on industrial machinery, robotic and hand tools, and medical instruments
- Prevents damage to the gripped surface material under high clamping loads (vs. solutions like knurling)
- Long lasting gripping surface
- Available in two gripping "grades": Regular & Heavy