COMPOSITE
WEAR PLATES
REDUCE COSTS AND MAINTENANCE DOWNTIME
INCREASED
SERVICE LIFE
OF THE PART
In the end, the customer agreed to Welding Alloys manufacturing a new, Pulverised Fuel coal feeder pipe using one of our own specialist composite wear plate brands called Hardplate. This wear plate has wear resistance properties exceeding those of quenched and tempered abrasion resistant steels with the unique ability to be cut and formed into different fabrications, thanks to the use of low carbon structural steel as the base material. The heavy duty composite plate is one, of a range of composite wear plates, manufactured and offered by Welding Alloys. Through many years of undertaking similar projects, across multiple industries, Welding Alloys’ Hardplate, has become the preferred solution for maintenance of high wear areas and would prove very successful for this job.
During the project that took place in our workshop, the parts were cut to size, the Welding Alloys Integra service team assembled and welded the parts together, ensuring the welding direction was parallel to the flow of Pulverized Fuel travelling through the feeder pipe, and capping all joints using hardface material to provide maximum wear protection. The specially manufactured feeder pipe was then transported and fitted on-site with much improved wear resistant properties, better than any standard new feeder pipe could offer.
Challenge
Frequent replacement of feeder pipe
Solution
A Welding Alloys manufactured feeder pipe using our own specialist composite wear plate
Result
Increased lifetime by 500%
During our follow-up meeting with the customer, he was extremely impressed with the performance of the Welding Alloys feeder pipe which increased the lifetime of the part, by 500%, drastically reducing the costs by reducing downtime, maintenance and of course the cost of purchasing new feeder pipes.
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