Wear Materials
As a custom solutions provider, C.L. Smith Industrial prides itself on helping you specify the “right wear material” for your application, needs and budget. Our design team is experienced in evaluating many factors to guide one in selecting the ideal wear materials for the intended application.
COMPARATIVE VALUE OF ABRASION RESISTANT MATERIALS
Many times we find that specifying decisions come down to three important attributes:
- Cost
- Wear Life
- Added Weight
The chart below shows how these factors relate and we call this the "Comparative Value of Abrasion Resistant Materials". For example; Using A36 steel as the base, alumina ceramic is ½ the weight, slightly less cost per pound but provides 10X the wear life.
Key Wear Materials
Alumina Ceramics
Silicon Carbides
Tungsten Carbide
Chromium Carbide Overlay
AR Plate & Pipe
Porous Ceramic
Along with the material choices listed above we also provide components with UHMW, stainless steels, refractories, thermal sprays, wear compounds, boron carbides and direct sintered silicon carbides.
Make the "Right Choice" and contact C.L. Smith Industrial for all your wear product needs!
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