In the second part of our series on hardfacing, ESAB’s Mick Andrews walks Andrew Pearce through gouging. In part 1 we covered a lot of ground – rod selection, buffering layers, pre-heating and cooling ...

As the names suggest, Duroxite ® AP ELECTRODE and Duroxite ® AP WIRE have properties that make them suitable for all-position (AP) welding, including flat, horizontal, vertical and overhead welding.

Wear is one of the most challenging issues faced by heavy industry. In mining alone, 17% of the consumed energy is used to combat wear failure, which accounts for 2.7% of worldwide CO 2 emissions.