Hard facing with tungsten carbide, decreases costs and increases the life of wear components in ground engaging tools, crushers and batch mixing equipment.

Latilla Mineral Marketing offers a range of hard-facing tungsten carbide products that have been used by large operators in the construction, earthmoving, mining, batch mixing and brick making industries.

High-wear surfaces of equipment can be hard faced by special methods with tungsten carbide to develop an almost indestructible surface on the wear area.

The company believes its pro-cess will outlast any conventional welding method. The tungsten is applied using high heat, in a controlled process, where heat, volume of tungsten, movement and cooling are strictly monitored.

In the application of Tung-weld, for example, a ‘dead box’ effect is achieved when the material dug, crushed or mixed, becomes embedded in the wear part and maximum efficiency is achieved when the wear surface is the same as the surface being dug, crushed or mixed.

In the case of a loader bucket, its life could be increased four times over, which results in huge cost savings in both frequency in replacement of the bucket and in downtime to change the bucket. The same applies to crushing and mixing components.

The company’s staff will assess a client’s requirements on site and undertake the appropriate tungsten carbide wear protection.