Hardfacing Flux Cored Welding Wires

Hardfacing Wires CeraMetal manufactures a range of Hardfacing Flux Cored Wires suitable for various applications. These wires are formulated for open arc and submerged welding. Special formulations can be produced to meet individual demands. Contact our Technical Department for individual Product Data Sheets and to discuss your specific requirements.
Three main categories of wires are produced :

• Type A - Austenitic These open arc wires are used mainly for build-up and cladding both manganese and carbon steels (not A25). They can all be used for joining manganese steel components whilst grades A10 and A20 can also be used for joining difficult or dissimilar steels. The deposits are tough with excellent impact resistance improving in service due to their capability of work hardening to 40-50 HRC. Applications include crusher jaws and rolls, hammers, rail and tram tracks and fittings, e.t.c.
• Type F - Ferritic-Martensitic A range of wires for open arc and submerged arc welding of carbon and low alloy steels. Used for both build-up and general hardfacing, they are fairly resistant to abrasion and impact with excellent resistance to metal-to-metal wear. Deposits are machinable and their hardness can be modified by heat treatment where component size and geometry allows. Applications include the rebuilding and cladding of a wide variety of components in the earth moving industry, steel works, power generation and ship repair yards.
• Type C - Carbides Wires in this category are for open arc welding giving deposits containing hard chrome and complex carbides in tough steel matrix. They offer good to excellent resistance to abrasion and the higher alloyed grades are both rust resistant and can operate at elevated temperatures. Deposits are hard and not ductile thereby exhibiting transverse stress cracks that are helpful in relieving welding stresses. Normally limited to 3 layers, deposits are not machinable. Applications are numerous in the protection of all type