Hello, can anyone tell me the average life (hours) of concrete pump wear plates, both chrome carbide and tungsten carbide, I am a hardfacing company and have been asked to build some wear plates using a new hardfacing product, concrete pumps are new to me

Also does the wear ring last for the life of the wear plate? or is the plate surface ground to suit a new wear ring

trying to put together some comparitive data

thanks

The cutting ring wears out first usually 2 to one. Many plates and rings are carbide steel. i don't know if you can weld and mill carbide? i thought about having mine done. Any one know if a wear plate on a p-305 is flipable? mine is getting grooves. it looks like you could flip it but the bolts might not be recessed.

thanks for your reply, the tungsten carbide usually cannot be welded but can be machined if you find a machinest who specialises in this, you may be able to do that to remove groves if there is enough thickness remaining