General information
Center name
SSAB
Country
Publish Date
July 23, 2021
Description of the case
Description: Second Step crushing in a sugar mill
Technical data: Wear from the frictional heat on the head of the cap. A squeezing / crushing action needed for the fragmentation
Service Life and Status: Hard faced mild steel hammer held one week. New design with shaft in Hardox® 400 and cap in Hardox® 600 holds two weeks.
Further Service life increases will be achieved by a HF(Hard facing) layer on top of the Hardox® 600 cap. A butter layer of austenitic 307 is needed.
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Hammers
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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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Grains
Old solution
Old solution
S355
Thickness
Service life
New solution
New solution
Hardox® 600
Thickness
Service life
Key success factors
Improved service life
100%