Duroxite 100 WIRE overlaid on Hardox 450 cutter

Center name

Hardox Wearparts center Tuscaloosa

SSAB Wear Solutions LLC

Publish Date

February 22, 2022

Description of the case

Mine type: Merlin plastics, household recycling plant such as juice and milk jugs etc. (Canwest machinery, Surrey, BC.) Equipment: Cutters go into shredding machine Wearpart: Lower cutters are in three-tooth shape. Two lower cutters were made of Hardox 450 and overlaid with Duroxite 100 WIRE (not overlaid on teeth, just overlaid on the arc shape and partial teeth). The cutters were installed in October, 2018. Previously the two cutters were made of heat treated 4140 steel, and only lasted three months.