A “Heat” is the amount of steel that forms a production run in the steel mill.  They will average between 60 and 100+ tons.

In reviewing competitor’s tech sheets, most state that the hardness is tested once per heat.  This means that only one plate is tested for each production run. 

To put that into perspective, if that 60 ton heat only makes ¼” x 96” x 240” AR 400 plates, it equals 73 plates.  And just one gets tested for hardness.

Every Tricon® TriBraze® wear plate is tested on opposite corners of each plate to assure that each every plate hits the target hardness, is consistent end to end & side to side.

My customers notice I use food references to explain some metallurgical concepts.  I find people can understand a food related explanation if they have experience with a subject, and we can all relate to food.  Think of vegetable soup.  We all want to get more of the meat, vegetables and noodles than just the flavored water. 

The same process occurs with 60 tons of molten steel.  To raise the amount of nickel just one tenth of one percent (0.10%),  you need to add 60 pounds of nickel into the heat! 

When melted, the nickel is randomly dispersed; think of pepper falling on mashed potatoes - it is random, not even.  Every plate may not receive the same amount of nickel. 

This means not every plate will be as hard as the others, and inconsistent results are almost a certantity.

My customers plan their wear plates lasting from one planned shut down to the next, regardless of the time frame.  When your results are inconsistent, you end up with unplanned down time.

In today’s economy, lost production can make the difference from profits or having to do a lay off.  Perhaps even business survival.

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