// Iron ore · Pilbara
Primary crusher transfer chute, upper section
Replaced competitor 5%C/26%Cr overlay with SC-HF 720 at tighter weave, reduced heat input. Same operating tonnage of 7,500 t/h.
19 wksvs. 6 wks
GradeSC-HF 720
Mining is the most demanding wear environment on earth — high-stress abrasion, repeated impact, and slurry erosion all working at once, around the clock. Syncore's hardfacing portfolio is built around the failure modes that define a mining maintenance budget.
Each step in the mining cycle has its own dominant wear mechanism — and a Syncore wire engineered to match.
Bucket lips, GET, dipper teeth, drag-line buckets. Rock-on-metal contact at the dig face under heavy impact.
Gouging + impactCrushers, mills, mantles, jaw plates, hammers, mill liners. The most concentrated wear in the mining cycle.
High-stress abrasionChutes, hoppers, transfer points, conveyor pans, screen panels. Sliding wear plus impact at transfer points.
Low-stress abrasionPumps, slurry valves, cyclones, fan housings, thickener rakes. Fine particle erosion in flowing slurry.
ErosionEight of the highest-wear components in a typical operation, with the Syncore grade we'd specify and the reasoning behind it.
Pick the wrong one and you're rebuilding sooner. Pick the right one and your component outlasts the next shutdown.
Hard mineral particles crushed against the surface under load. The dominant wear mode in comminution — crushers, mills, screens.
Rock-on-metal contact at the cutting or dig face. Combines compressive impact with localised gouging — bucket lips, hammers, GET.
Fine particles entrained in flowing fluid attacking surfaces at velocity — pumps, pipes, cyclones, fan blades. Smooth carbide morphology resists best.
A snapshot from three operations — same product family, different commodities, three- to five-fold lifecycle improvements.
Replaced competitor 5%C/26%Cr overlay with SC-HF 720 at tighter weave, reduced heat input. Same operating tonnage of 7,500 t/h.
Two-pass build-up with SC-HF 600 followed by SC-HF 850 wear face. Replaced single-grade competitor approach used previously.
Reapplied chromium carbide overlay during mid-life mill rebuild. Customer's reliability team retained tracking against original spec.
Photos of the wear pattern, your current consumable, and the throughput numbers — that's all we need to recommend a deposit, develop a procedure and supply a trial spool. No site visit required to start.