Dimensional Tolerances for Wear Parts: Which Ones Actually Matter
A tolerance that nobody measures is a tolerance that does not exist, and a tolerance...
Sampling a Wear Part Order: First Article, Pilot and Production
A sampling programme is the last point at which a wear part can be changed...
Reverse Engineering a Worn Part: Measuring and Documenting It
A worn part on a bench and no drawing in the file is the ordinary...
Private Label Wear Parts: Branding, Packaging and MOQ
A distributor that puts its own name on a wear part is buying three things...
How Sintered Carbide Wear Parts Are Made: Powder to Finished Part
Two quotes for the same sintered carbide part, from two factories, can differ by an...
Tungsten Carbide Wear Protection: Tile, Rod and Composite Options
Wear protection is usually bought after the first body has been scrapped. A moldboard, a...
Welding Versus Brazing Carbide: Heat Input and Cracking Risk
The question of welding vs brazing carbide usually arrives after a failed repair rather than...
Inspecting a Braze Joint: Shear, Dye Penetrant and Visual Criteria
A braze joint fails in the field for reasons that were visible at the bench,...
Carbide Hardness and Strength: HRA, HV and Transverse Rupture
Two carbide parts can arrive with the same hardness certificate and behave as if they...
Carbide Wear Parts for Abrasive and Rocky Soils
Two fields, one machine, one set of tools, and by mid-season one field has consumed...