VIDAPLATE

Vidaplate is a wholly Australian invented hard surfacing process giving a true chromium carbide surface on a structural grade steel backing plate.
Vidaplate users benefit by spending less on wear plate; reducing down time and minimizing lost production.

Vidaplate in Construction

Construction work of all types involves earthmoving, digging, grading, scraping, meaning constant wear problems on equipment.
Abrasion, impact and erosion all reduce the working life of buckets, blades, truck bodies, causing downtime and lost production.
This means that effective wear protection is an investment making a positive contribution to productivity and profit. Vidaplate is such an investment. Its chromium carbide overlay on a mild steel base gives long lasting protection from abrasion with easy fabrication and fitting.
It can be supplied from the factory as kits, pre-cut to fit most buckets, dozer blades or truck bodies. Either way Vidiplate will give long lasting wear at an economical cost.

Vidaplate in Coal Preparation

Digging, crushing, screening and washing – all part of coal preparation and all causing wear to equipment. Vidaplate chromium carbide overlay plate can significantly cut down wear problems. It consists of fine grain carbides on a mild steel backing plate and offers excellent cost effectiveness. Vidaplate has been shown to outlast mild steel 12 times and AR plate up to 5 times in the most highly abrasive areas. It can be used simply as liners or used with the mild steel backing to fabricate complete components.

Vidaplate in Ore Processing

All forms of mining and mineral processing suffer from severe wear problems. Vidaplate chrome carbide overlay plate has been effective world-wide in combating this problem in all kinds of operations: Iron Ore, Coal Mining, cement Productions, Steel Works. Its fine grain nodular carbide structure has been specifically formulated to give the most effective wear resistance available; the mild steel base plate gives the toughness and resilience in medium impact situations – together, they offer the user a wear plate giving high abrasion resistance with ease of fabrication.

Vidaplate in Cement Manufacture

From excavator bucket liners digging the raw limestone, to the final discharge pipe of the finished product, Vidaplate is indispensable in cement producing plants.
Screens, bins, blenders, chutes, fan blades all suffer sever abrasion. Vidaplate chromium carbide overlay plate reduces wear in these areas. Its fine grain nodular carbides have extremely high wear resistance and offer superior cost effectiveness over other forms of wear protection. It can be used simply as liner plates, or because of its mild steel base, can be used as structural material to make the complete item.

Grade Specifications

Vidaplate base material is structural grade steel plate equivalent to ASTM – A36.

Overlay Material

Vidaplate overlay material consists of a hypereutectic iron based chromium carbide alloy.