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Fire-Fighter

Are You Always Reacting Rather Than Strategically Planning?

EVERYDAY, JADCO HELPS CUSTOMERS WITHBOTH TACTICAL & STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS.If You Are An Engineering / Maintenance / Purchasing Professional,Why Does It Always Seem Like You Are "A Wear Plate Firefighter?" Most people are mired in taking care of their standard everyday disasters. They don’t take the time; or have the available...

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Get The Right Fit

Get The Right Fit

Woodworkers have a saying among that applies perfectly to wear resistant steel: “Measure Twice, Cut Once”. When you do not measure accurately, you waste time, money and material.  Worse yet – you still have to make the repairs. This means your labor & material budget is blown.Measuring flat...

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Seven T imes Longer Life

Seven Times Longer Life With CHROMEWELD ™ 600

The SME 2024 MineXchange Annual Conference and Expo is in Phoenix AZ February 25 – 28, 2024. JADCO will be in booth #2050 to help get your wear resistance equipment challenges under control. One of the greatest wear challenges in mining is the Haul Truck Body Tail. The high stress...

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Sales Person Versus Expert

Wear Plate Sales Job Versus Wear Plate Career Expert

Jobs selling wear plate are easy to come by. There are far fewer Wear Plate Professionals whose careers have made them the experts in their industry. The customer says he wants it, I’ll send the steel, and bill it.” By comparison, you can easily tell the sales professionals by their dedication...

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High Temperature Wear Applications

High Temperature Wear Applications

High temperature wear applications are among the most challenging for many people to resolve. Numerous people continue to use AR400 for higher heat applications and replace them frequently. They repeat this because they do not realize what happens when AR500 or any other AR steels go through their heat treat...

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MOTAG

Pulp & Paper Woodyard Applications

The MOTAG South Annual gathering is coming up in a few weeks, and JADCO Mfg. Inc., will be there to answer questions on how to get longer life for your most challenging woodyard wear applications. MOTAG South is the largest gathering of woodyard producers and vendors in North America. Held...

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HOW DO YOU SEE THINGS?

How Do You See Things?

Do you see yourself walking on a treadmill or climbing a ladder?Some people are comfortable trudging through life as if they are on a treadmill. They seem content to just be moving, without making much progress.While motivated people want to be climbing a ladder. Which allows you to achieve...

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REBUILD HOPPERS

Rebuilding Concrete Hoppers

Serving the Midwest’s demand for concrete block, these aggregate hoppers have seen better days. The white areas above the welder, you can see the crushed stone chips from the next bin used to make concrete block. Here the mild steel walls have completely rusted away, allowing the material...

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Best Posts 2023

Top 10 Wear Plate Posts From 2023

Thank you all for the positive feedback we have received over the past year, with regard to our "Wear Plate Wednesday" wear resistant steel blog posts in 2023. We are pleased you have found them beneficial. Your questions and comments regarding abrasion resistant steel wear plate and wear plate...

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Eye Opening

An Eye Opening Cost Analysis

Many times, when people evaluate the cost of replacing wear resistant steel, they look no further to make their selection than comparing the price per pound. And frequently that has proven to be an enormous mistake, in the end costing them far more than they could possibly imagine. When talking with...

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JADCO SUCCESS

Let JADCO Help You Find Success

Most of us tend to believe as we live and grow, we become more proficient in our progress. We often see this improvement as a continually rising straight line. That opinion works until we start to experience what life actually has in store for us. Even using a GPS, our...

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LEARN ABOUT OUR PRODUCTS

'WEAR' WE ARE GOING

LEARN ABOUT JADCO'S FUTURE

We are always talking with our customers about the wear and impact challenges they face in doing business.

Each industry has unique challenges to overcome when it comes to moving and manipulating products. While our experienced sales and fabrication teams have seen alot, they have not seen it all. Now, with supply chain issues, there are even more challenges to overcome, keeping machines running optimally , and in some cases, running at all. We recently started selling Wall Ties, to fill a void in the concrete industry. Is there something your team is having trouble finding?
If so, talk with a JADCO professional.