Equal Resistant to Wear Blades Used in Rough Exploitation Conditions
The paper presents representative aspects of the blades and the characterisation of excavator blades, namely frontal loader in the quall resistance to wear version. In exploitation the active surfaces of the blades are subjected to wear through abrasion under high and medium pressure, combined with mechanical fatigue with variable cycles. Retiring the blades is determined by significant degradation of the side zones. The solution developed in order to confront the mentioned phenomena is of modular type, namely equipping the blades with intelligent protection and self-protection systems to wear, which are deposited by cladding with welding on the supports. The blades support is made out of low alloyed steel, which have a controlled hardness and are micro alloyed with boron. The rods used to develop the wear protection systems are type Fe-25%Cr-4%W-Ti-V-La which deposit layers that have a minimum hardness of 55HRC. The challenges solved are related to welding compatibility, in working conditions, of the base materials and the welding ones, through manual electric welding procedure and respective deformation due to residual tensions in the welded structure.