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Focus on recent international trends in the field of wear-resistant plates
In the process of global industrial sustainable development, wear-resistant plates, as key materials, have attracted much attention for their technological breakthroughs and market trends. In the past month, many noteworthy events have emerged in the field of wear-resistant plates, showing a booming trend from technological innovation to market expansion.
Apr 28th,2025
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一、Xianggang's technological breakthroughs lead the development of high-end wear-resistant steel
Recently, Xiangtan Iron and Steel Group Co., Ltd. successfully developed and delivered NM600 ultra-high-strength wear-resistant steel plates for engineering machinery with a maximum thickness of 80mm in batches. This achievement fills the gap in the field of 600HB high-grade ultra-thick wear-resistant steel in China. The total amount of this delivery exceeded 800 tons, and it took only three months from project establishment to completion of delivery, which fully demonstrated Xianggang's strong technical breakthrough and industrialization capabilities.
As a representative of international advanced wear-resistant steel, NM600 needs to have both extremely high strength (yield strength ≥1700MPa, tensile strength ≥2200MPa) and excellent toughness (-40℃ impact energy ≥20J), and the technical threshold is extremely high. Faced with numerous technical difficulties, the research and development team of Xianggang innovated and optimized the steelmaking process, adopted precise hydrogen control technology, significantly reduced the hydrogen content, and effectively suppressed delayed cracking. In the rolling and heat treatment stages, the team overcame difficulties and effectively guaranteed the stability of the plate shape and the uniformity of performance in the thickness direction through the "heated furnace loading + gradient temperature control" rolling process. In the end, the product's first-time performance pass rate reached 100%, and the uniformity of hardness across the entire section (580-640HBW) far exceeded the industry standard. Xianggang was the first to achieve full thickness specifications of 6-80mm, especially the mass production of 80mm ultra-thick plates, which was the first in the industry. According to customer feedback, the wear life of this product under extreme working conditions has increased by more than 30%, which has been highly recognized by international customers, marking a new stage in the process of self-reliance in my country's high-end wear-resistant steel.
二、China's wear-resistant steel exports have increased, and its international market share has expanded
Shandong Iron and Steel Group Jigang has also made important progress in the field of wear-resistant steel. After years of technical development and reserve, Jigang has successfully developed wear-resistant steel plates with Brinell hardness of 360-500HB, with a thickness range of 10-50mm. Recently, Jigang successfully exported 204 tons of JAR500F wear-resistant steel to Peru through a German company. This product is equivalent to the domestic standard NM500. The first successful export of wear-resistant steel has a good effect, and customers have positive feedback. The subsequent plan is to export more than 1,000 tons per quarter. It is predicted that in addition to Peru, Australia, Brazil, South Africa and other countries are also major demand areas for wear-resistant steel. The successful development and export of Jigang JAR500F wear-resistant steel has positive significance in promoting the expansion of domestic wear-resistant steel overseas business, breaking the monopoly of European, American and Japanese products in the international market, and boosting my country's confidence in exporting high-end steel products.
三、Wear-resistant plate technology shines at global mining exhibitions
From April 23 to April 25, Ming World Russia 2025 was successfully held in Moscow, Russia. WODON (Tianjin) Co., Ltd attracted much attention at the exhibition with its advanced wear-resistant technology and products. The chromium carbide wear-resistant composite steel plates, pipes and welding wires developed by WODON are designed for harsh working conditions in the mining industry and can withstand extreme environments such as wear, erosion, high temperature, pressure and impact. WODON's team to Russia this time includes experienced engineers and professionals from mining, cement, material handling and thermal power. Its R&D team has been committed to breaking through technical bottlenecks and continuously innovating wear-resistant plate products to meet the diverse wear needs of the mining industry, and provide customized solutions to help improve operational efficiency.
Almost at the same time, on April 22, at Expomin 2025, the largest mining machinery exhibition in South America held in Santiago, Chile, WODON's expert technical team also made a wonderful appearance, bringing a full-scenario wear-resistant solution for mining crushing, conveying and grinding equipment. As a leading company in the field of wear-resistant materials in China, WoDun focused on displaying the technological breakthroughs of bimetallic cladding wear-resistant plates, wear-resistant welding wires and pipe wear-resistant series products. These products have excellent wear resistance, corrosion resistance and impact resistance, and accurately solve the problem of serious equipment loss under high-load conditions in the mining industry. During the exhibition, WoDun had in-depth exchanges with global mining practitioners, shared the practical application experience of bimetallic cladding technology in mining equipment, and successfully attracted the attention of many Chilean mining giants. WoDun also provides a full-process integrated service of "working condition diagnosis + solution design + technical guidance". In response to the pain points of severe equipment wear and high maintenance costs in South American copper mining, WoDun's independently developed wear-resistant flux-cored welding wire can increase the wear-resistant life of mining equipment by 2-4 times by cladding a high-chromium alloy layer on the surface of a high-manganese steel substrate.
From April 22 to 24, 2025, the WoDun team also appeared at the 23rd Shanxi Taiyuan Coal (Energy) Industrial Technology and Equipment Exhibition. WoDun focuses on providing chromium carbide wear-resistant cladding plates, wear-resistant cladding wires, wear-resistant cladding pipes and customized wear-resistant machined parts for the global coal industry. It is committed to helping the global coal industry reduce costs and increase efficiency with cost-effective, long-life, and highly adaptable solutions, and promoting the sustainable development of the industry. At the exhibition, the WoDun technical team explained in detail the various applications of wear-resistant cladding plates in the coal industry. Through the model of "scenario-based technology sharing + precise problem diagnosis", it fully demonstrated WoDun's full-chain service capabilities from material research and development to engineering applications, and provided a practical wear-resistant protection solution for coal industry equipment to reduce costs and increase efficiency.
From these recent events, it can be seen that the field of wear-resistant plates is constantly innovating and developing, and significant results have been achieved in both technology research and development and market expansion. These developments not only bring new opportunities to related companies, but will also promote efficient and stable development in the global industrial field.
