Flexible Hardfacing Cords
FlexCarb™ is a range of flexible hardfacing cords enriched with tungsten carbides, designed to provide wear protection for components exposed to severe abrasion, with or without impact.
They enable the manufacture of new parts as well as the repair of worn components, while ensuring excellent in-service performance and high application flexibility.
FlexCarb™ Principle
- Flexible metallic core
- Self-fluxing NiCrSiB nickel matrix
- Tungsten carbide inclusions (crushed or spherical)
- Homogeneous and controlled deposit
Applications
- Manufacturing and hardfacing of screws, paddles, and mixer augers
- Crushing, grinding, and recycling tools
- Scraper blades, teeth, buckets, grapples
- Components exposed to severe abrasion in continuous service
Spherical carbides, with their rounded and regular shape, allow improved stress distribution within the NiCrSiB nickel matrix.
They provide an effective balance between abrasion resistance and resistance to moderate impacts, particularly on dynamic components.
- Controlled carbide content (approx. 53 to 58%)
- Good abrasion resistance
- Improved impact tolerance
- Suitable for mixed wear conditions (abrasion + impacts)
- Available diameters: 4 / 5 / 6.5 / 8 mm
Crushed carbides, due to their angular shape, provide very high mechanical anchoring within the NiCrSiB nickel matrix.
They deliver maximum abrasion resistance in continuous sliding wear environments where impact loads are limited.
- High carbide content (approx. 56 to 61%)
- Maximum abrasion resistance
- Excellent performance under continuous sliding wear
- Ideal for severe abrasion with minimal impact
- Available diameters: 5 / 6.5 / 8 mm