Dura-Metal® stands out as an independent specialist – dedicated to doing it better than anyone else: developing superior products and processes for welding & surface coating and supplier of High Quality speciality steel, nickel alloys, titanium products, tungsten carbide products, cast components and pre-fabricated parts.
Definition of Wear
Wear can be described as the gradual removal of discrete particles from a surface as a result of a mechanical or chemical reaction or, simply, deterioration due to use. Wear occurs is a member of processes by a wide variety of mechanisms which may be readily visible on the surface of a component, or be in the form of some internal damage. It can be relatively abrupt or slow effecting. Most certainly, wear is devastating to industry in terms of downtime, lost production, replacement costs and labor.
There are various destructive forms of wear, namely:-
Mechanical form:
Abrasion, Impact, Erosion Cavitation, Friction
Chemical form:
Corrosion, Heat
These factors not only combine and interact in many service conditions but each of them can operate with many variations. Thus, Dura-Metal Pre-Fabricated parts, Engineering Solutions and custom alloys are designed and manufactured to provide optimum performance for precision fitting or rebuilding and hence extend the working life of thousands critical mechanical parts. This has resulted in the increase of industry productivity and profitability by the reduction of down time and spare parts inventories.
Polymet is a world class manufacturer of high performance welding, hardfacing and thermal spray wire was founded in 1967 to provide metallurgical services. This service led the way for Polymet to develop numerous innovative solutions for demanding welding and hardfacing problems. Part of that solution was to produce a small diameter, solid wire from alloys once thought to be unworkable. This was the catalyst to develop Polymet's patented hot extrusion wire technology, providing solutions for the Aerospace and other industries. Polymet is continuing to invest in its manufacturing operations to provide the next solution to your welding, hardfacing and thermal spray problems.Polymet's innovation to problem solving allows us to offer our customers a wide array of both solid and cored wires for welding, and hardfacing thermal spraying. The quality of Polymet's products is recognized throughout the industry through years of service in demanding and critical applications.
