The title of this Portable Plants article is hardly a surprise to anyone in the industry.
Continuing supply chain issues are the leading stories in all types of media and touch every industry. The impact on the availability of both new equipment and repair parts, squeezes everyone almost to the breaking point with the limited options available.
When the parts supply gets tight, some people resort to throwing in whatever looks like wear plate they have laying around. This just compounds the wear problems leading to failure at the worst possible time. Click Here for an earlier article on What Is Not A Wear Plate.
Getting ready for the construction season in the northern states now is going full speed ahead. Trying to find new or used equipment is moving from frustrating to the anxiety stage, when you are committed to delivering product but cannot locate equipment.
When talking to customers more than 20 years ago about better wear resistant steel, one of the frequent reasons for going with ‘inexpensive’ wear plate was: “We plan to trade in this equipment at the end of the season, so it doesn’t make sense to install the longest lasting steel that costs more.”
Then reality smacks you in the face when they were still using the same equipment 3 to 5 years later; having replaced the low-cost wear plate nearly as many times.
Buying Used Equipment involves trusting the dealer to deliver what you have been told you are getting.
A major equipment dealer with offices in multiple Midwest states uses JADCO QT-Plus for their wear plate in the rental crushing plants.
When asked why, they replied they cannot afford the downtime to replace cheaper wear plate between leaving one jobsite to delivering the equipment to the next site.
Likely your best option is to upgrade the equipment you now have. You already know where the weak points are. By improving those products to get better results, without the major investment of new equipment can be a Win-Win.
One of your most fool-proof investment upgrade options, is to install JADCO wear products for the various wear resistant steel applications.
Here are a few of the aggregate industry applications where JADCO can deliver better results for your investment in the correct materials:
Liners
Bucket Liners
Chute Liners
Cyclone Liners
Drag Line Bucket Liners
Hopper Liners
Loader Bucket Liners
Mainframe Liners
Rock Bin Liners
Shovel Bucket Liners
Truck Bed Liners
Toggle Block For Jaw Crusher
Feeders
Apron Feeder Liners
Blending Tunnel Liners
Feed Chute Liners
Feeder Bottom Liners
Grizzly Bars
Rock Boxes
Scoop Feeders
Surge Bin
Surge Chute
Vibrating Feeder Liners
Crushers
Ball Mill Liners
Breaker Bars
Cheek Plates
Cone Crushers
Crusher Hammers
Crusher Liners
Crusher Supports
Cylinder Hammers
Cylinder Liners
Drum Bars For Jaw Crusher
Feed Cones To Crusher
Fluff Mills
Frame Liners
Gyratory Crushers
Hammer Pins
Jaw Crushers
Main frame Liners
Side Liners
Equipment Applications
Bucket Bottoms
Bucket Lips
Center Shroud
Chocky Blocks
Clevis
Complete Buckets
Corner Heel Pads
Cutting Edges
Dozer Blade Bottoms | Skins | Liners
Fan Housings
Flat Bars
Grinder Plows
Grizzly Bars
Grouser Bars
Heel Pads
Hitch Plate Extensions
Hoppers
Loader Bucket Lips | Edges
Loader Bucket Skid Pads
Loader Bucket Wear Strips
Pear Links
Racks for Shovels
Raw Mill Screws
Screens
Shaker Decks
Shovel Bucket Wear Bars
Tooth Protectors
Tumbler Rings for Shovels
Wear Plate – Inside & Outside
Wedge Bars
Plant Applications
Chain Beds
Chain Links – Male & Female
Chutes
Counterweight Guards
Cyclones
Drag Line Bucket Liners
Elevator Flights & Buckets
Grizzly Bars
Impact Areas
Low Flow Drag Flight
Punch Plate Screens
Sizing Discharge Lips
Sizing Screens
Sizing Side Plates
Target Plates
Transfer Points
Vibratory Feeder Bottoms
Wash Box Bottoms
Wear Bars
Wear Parts for Wash Boxes
Wear Pipe
JADCO’s QT Plus ® delivers greater performance IN YOUR WEAR APPLICATIONS than the various AR400 steel plates you have used previously.
Being able to create wear resistant steel having the same hardness through the entire thickness of the steel, demands you accurately control the alloying chemistry with precise heat treating.
Then Why Doesn’t Every Steel Company Make Their Wear Materials Last As Long As JADCO QT Plus ®?
The required attention to detail at the steel mill in Pennsylvania is actually available to anyone.
Yet most steel wear plate distributors choose to limit the proper quantities and percentages of these essential elements for the goal of a lower price.
For over the last 40+ years JADCO has focused exclusively on delivering consistent, longer equipment life for our customers.
Now you can understand why we are able to deliver better results to our customers. We think differently by strictly focusing to improve your current results.
Allow us to help you today by calling (724) 452-5252, or email info@jadcomfg.com.
We will schedule a meeting with one of our local wear plate specialists at a time that best fits your schedule.
Remember, the only thing you have to lose by not working with JADCO, are your profits.
When your standard AR wear plate gives out, give JADCO a shout! (724) 452-5252
Posted on 02/09/2022 at 04:00 AM
