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Wear Protection for Combines

By admin | Published: 24 Dec 2010
So how does RocketCoat carbide compare to hard chrome? RocketCoat carbide is three times more abrasion resistant than hard chrome, and rock chip damage can be repaired with basic spray fuse equipment. Many parts we have [...]
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Wear Protection for Potato Harvesters

By admin | Published: 24 Dec 2010
The knives on this two-ton-per-minute potato harvester are normally completely worn out at the end of a season—largely due to the destruction of the leading edges. We coated the leading edges on all the knives with [...]
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Wear Protection for Potato Seeders

By admin | Published: 24 Dec 2010
Potato air seeders have multiple, expensive wear points, including the air valves, fan, fan housing, and planting shoes. Our tungsten carbide RocketCoat and thermoset polymer coatings can help prevent catastrophic fan failures, such as you [...]
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Wear Protection for Tillers

By admin | Published: 24 Dec 2010
Tillers present some brutal abrasion issues for exposed wear parts. Pulleys and rollers on these machines coated with RocketCoat tungsten carbide will likely never need replacing; this, in turn, will extend the life of the [...]
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Wear Protection for Rotary Mowers

By admin | Published: 24 Dec 2010
We coated 84 mower blades for the largest grass seed producer in Oregon with 60% plasma tungsten carbide. The inserted photo shows one of these blades at the end of the 2005 harvest season. The [...]
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Wear Protection for Log Loaders

By admin | Published: 24 Dec 2010
The front fork tips on this log loader in St. Maries, Idaho, used to wear out in as little as two weeks. The 3/8” of plasma tungsten carbide we applied to the fork tip protector [...]
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Wear Protection for Earth Scrapers

By admin | Published: 24 Dec 2010
Earth scraper chain rollers suffer from extreme wear due to grinding abrasion.
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Wear Protection for Hammermill Fans

By admin | Published: 24 Dec 2010
Fans coated with RocketCoat tungsten carbide, which is 50 times more abrasion resistant than mild steel. We spot repaired the fan on the far left with spray fuse carbide. We coated the worn upper-left fan with [...]
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Wear Protection for Pumps

By admin | Published: 24 Dec 2010
We used 2-1/2 pounds of plasma nickel to repair the suction end at the top left, which suffered severe cavitation damage. The thermoset polymer we then applied is both cavitation and corrosion resistant. The RocketCoat [...]
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