ENDURA Steel
The Premiere Wear Resistant and Work Hardening New ENDURA Steel
If you require a steel which is very tough, very hard, very abrasion resistant, easy to process and weld, and is competitively priced, then TITUS ENDURA STEEL is the answer.
ENDURA Steel Advantages
- Best Wear Resistance of any abrasion resistant plate
- 8 times greater wear than mild steel
- 2-4 times greater life than conventional 500 BHN steels
- Reduce plate thickness up to 25% vs AR 500 (ie. 2″ -> 1.5″)
- Ability to “Work Harden” from 470 BHN to 560 BHN
- Ease of processing compared to conventional 500 BHN steels
- Can be welded with Low Hydrogen Rod providing a major cost saving
- No pre or post heating required for welding
Micro Structure
Due to precise and uniform addition of nickel, chrome, and molybdenum, ENDURA has:
- Superior Wear Ability
- Superior Work-Hardening
- Superior Work Ability
- Superior Weld Ability
- Thinner Plate Thickness
Trip Effect
ENDURA’s unique Micro Structure is uniform and homogenous making it highly abrasion resistant. This is due in part, to the fact that ENDURA Steel is “oil- quenched’ during heat treatment. Conventional AR 500 steels are “water-quenched” resulting in an irregular and distorted micro structure.
ENDURA’s revolutionary T.R.I.P. effect (Transformation Induced by Plasticity) reduces tearing, shearing, and chip removal.
ENDURA vs AR 500
Manufacturing
ENDURA is OIL QUENCHED resulting in a “fine Homogenous Micro Structure” for improved hardness and easier processing. Small and even dispersion of Carbides provides hardness and abrasion resistance, less brittleness and less cracking. Homogenous Micro Structure also provides “elasticity effect” which limits gouging, tearing and shearing. Limited amount of “Unstable or Retained Austenite” reduces chipping and cracking.
AR 500 is WATER QUENCHED resulting in a “course non homogenous microstructure”. Large and uneven dispersion of carbides provides embrittling effect prone to cracking Pockets of “Unstable or Retained Austenite” causes chipping and cracking.
Plate thickness can be reduced up to 25% vs AR 500 (i.e. 2″ -> 1½), saving costs and increasing payload.
In Service Performance
ENDURA Premium Wear-Resistant and Work Hardening Plate
Combines sliding abrasion & impact resistance- Surface work-hardens from 470 to 560 Brinell
- Plate thickness can be reduced up to 25% vs AR 500
- Cut & weld with low-hydrogen rod
- No pre/post heating necessary
- Higher tolerance to high-heat applications
- Out-performs AR400 & AR500
- Liners for Chutes, Hoppers, Loader Buckets, truck Beds, Crushers
- Lips & Liners for Shovel Buckets, Drag Line Buckets, Cone Crushers
- Jaw Crusher Cheek Plates
- Transfer Points
- High-heat Application – Cement Plates
- Asphalt Plant Ductwork
- Cutting Edges
- Hammers
- Underground Miners
- Screen Decks, Shaker Screens, Perforated Wear Screens
- Pulp & Paper: Debarkers, Bark Conveyors, Wood Chip-pers, Screens
Available in Ultra-thin 4mm up to 3”
Technical & Mechanical Comparison
| Operation | ENDURA | Manganese (Manganal) | AR 500 |
| Bending
Minimum bending radius
Rolling Minimum rolling |
r ≥ 6 t Perpendicular to Grain d ≥ 40 t |
r ≥ 1.5 t Perpendicular to Grain Not Recommended |
r ≥ 9 t Perpendicular to Grain Not Recommended |
| Welding Ct combined thickness (Welding Energy: about 15 J/cm) |
No preheating Up to Ct = 50 mm (2”) |
Never preheat e < 20 kj/cm |
Preheating for every thickness |
| Heat Cutting (oxygen cutting, plasma…) |
No preheating
Up to Ct = 40 mm (1.6”)
Cut underwater to reduce heat affected zone |
No preheating
Cut underwater to reduce heat affected zone |
Preheating for every thickness
Cut underwater to reduce heat affected zone |
| Machining Drilling, Milling … |
Tungsten Carbide – Tools or high speed steel with tip in tungsten carbide | Tungsten Carbide – Tools or high speed steel with tip in tungsten carbide | Tungsten Carbide – Tools or high speed steel with tip in tungsten carbide |
| Impact Resistance Toughness KCV at – 20C (-4 F) |
Guarantee: > 40 J/sq cm
( > 23.6 ft – lb)
Typical Value: 55 J/ sq. cm
(32 ft – lbs) |
Guarantee: > 40 J/sq cm
( > 23.6 ft – lb)
Typical Value: 55 J/ sq. cm
(32 ft – lbs) |
About 30 J/sq. cm.
(18 ft – lbs) |
| Wear Resistance (on an average) |
About 8 times longer than mild steel | About 10 times longer than mild steel with impact | About 5 times longer than mild steel |
For more detailed Technical Information on machining, bending, welding etc. please contact us.
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