Wear is one of the most challenging issues faced by heavy industry. In mining alone, 17% of the consumed energy is used to combat wear failure, which accounts for 2.7% of worldwide CO 2 emissions.
This is the first of a two-parter in which ESAB’s Mick Andrews takes Andrew Pearce through the finer points of hardfacing, piercing and gouging. Sounds painful… Hardfacing is something of a mystery.