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Letter 41025

Wear parts for compressed sawdust

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I have a piston type machine for manufacturing compressed sawdust firleogs. This machine is really very basic and has only four wear parts. Namely a piston head, wear nut, taper and wear sleeve. The finished product firelogs are 75mm diameter.

The taper and wear sleeve need to be frictionless to manufacture a good log and highly abrasive resistant to last. Can somebody please help me to find a suitable abrasive resistant and low friction coating or steel / treatment for these wear parts.

Gerald van den Blink
firelogs - Cape Town, South Africa


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There are certainly alternatives, and some may even be better, but the 'standard' time-proven approach for components like this is hardening the steel and then hard chrome plating it. Good luck.


Ted Mooney, P.E. 
finishing.com
Brick, New Jersey


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