General information
Center name
SSAB
Country
Publish Date
July 26, 2021
Description of the case
Sliding rails for dragline excavator chain passes over sliding wear bars without lubrication. Sometimes small particles of coal,rocks and sand get stuck in beetween. At combination of sliding /squeezing wear. Hardox® 600 works much better than the original Mn steel. The service life is improved from 2 to 6 months.
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Wear bars
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0 – 250 °C / 32 – 480 °F
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10 – 300 mm / 0.4 – 12.0 "
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Brown coal-Overburden
Old solution
Old solution
Mn casting
Thickness
20 mm
Service life
New solution
New solution
Hardox® 600
Thickness
20 mm
Service life
+300%
Key success factors
Improved service life
300%