Stoody®, an ESAB brand, recently announced that it has added a series of new Plasma Transfer Arc (PTA) and laser cladding powders to its growing consumables product offering. Joining Stoody’s recently released series of 6040 nickel-based tungsten carbide blends are two new nickel-based powder lines, as well as a new line of cobalt-based Stoodite powders. Ductile nickel-chrome alloy matrix 6031 powder blends, chromium-free 6051 nickel tungsten carbide powder blends and cobalt-based Stoodite powders have been developed for superior wear protection.
Applications include:
Petroleum, downhole tooling – stabilizers, bit holders, kick rings, radial bearings;
Petroleum, oil sands – ground engaging tools, crusher teeth, screen plates, latch bars, slurry elbows;
Mining, ore processing – exhaust fan liners, chutes, wear sleeves, sludge pumps, mixing blades, centrifuges;
Cement production – dry cement pumps, classifier blades, coupling shafts, feed screws;
Brick making – extruder flights, pug knives, crusher roll blades, dies;
Pigment production – dry material pumps, cyclones, micronizers, feed pipes, bag screen impact plates; and,
Other – steel mill guide rolls, screw presses, anode paste mixers, pulpers, tunneling cutters.