Hardfacing and rebuilding wire, formulated from scratch in Delson, Québec, and matched to the way your crushers, buckets and liners wear.
Pre-welded wear plate from our Plaquetec shop: overlay passes laid by machine.
Since 1986
Making hardfacing and rebuilding wire in Québec
In-House
Every alloy formulated, drawn and spooled on equipment we designed
ISO 9001
A quality program that conforms to the standard
Canada-Wide
From Québec quarries to Alberta’s oil sands
What We Make
Our open-arc flux-cored wires need no shielding gas, so they go wherever the wear is: the shop, the pit or the plant floor.
Our Premium Overlay
Multi complex carbides in a high-grade chrome carbide matrix. It rivals welded tungsten carbide for wear resistance and, unlike tungsten carbide, it takes impact.
Chromium and complex carbide overlays for coarse rock, fine slurry and high heat.
55–66 RC
Manganese and chrome manganese wires that build worn parts back to size and harden under load.
Work hardens to 55 RC
Thickness in several passes, with good abrasion resistance and moderate impact.
40–58 RC
Tool steel and heat-resisting repair alloys, plus 300 and 400 series stainless to AWS A5.22.
To 1,500°F
Machinable build-up and hardfacing for rollers, idlers, sheaves and wheels.
23–48 RC
For the jobs a wire can’t reach: manganese, chromium carbide, tubular hardfacing, cutting and cast iron.
Six repair rods
HA-4-CR or Multi-Fusion 2000 overlay, laid by machine, cut to size, with countersunk inserts or Nelson studs.
Up to 1/2 in of overlay
Most wires from .045 to 1/8 in (1.2 to 3.2 mm), on spools, coils and pay-off packs up to 600 lb.
Ask for Data SheetsThe Wear Guide
Two questions, answered from our own data sheets. Our team confirms every recommendation before you order.
Start With
Martensitic chromium carbide, made for fine and wet particles.
Typical parts: sand chutes, scraper blades, dredge parts and ditcher teeth.
Martensitic chromium carbide for coarse and fine particles alike.
Typical parts: ore chutes, grizzlies, augers, crusher hammers and pug mill paddles.
Austenitic chrome-nickel-manganese, known as one of the toughest, most impact-resistant wires available. It often makes hardfacing unnecessary.
Typical parts: crusher jaws, wobblers, impellers and wheel excavator teeth.
Build-up: Macrojet takes manganese, carbon and alloy steels back to size on its own. Where abrasion follows, finish with HA-5.
Rivals welded tungsten carbide for wear and, unlike tungsten carbide, withstands impact.
Typical parts: crushers, wear plates, impeller blades, screw flights, buckets and teeth.
A multi complex carbide deposit that keeps resisting abrasion when the work runs hot.
Typical parts: conveyors and rollers for hot plate, expeller screws, coal screens and wear plates.
Submerged arc build-up for rolling contact and thermal shock. For open-arc work, HA-1 is made for rolling loads too.
Typical parts: rollers, roll necks, idlers, cable drums and sheaves.
Build-up: on manganese steel, rebuild worn areas first with the HA-2-MX series or Macrojet. Both work harden under load.
Build-up: on carbon or low-alloy steel, rebuild worn areas first with HA-1 or HA-50.
Build-up: not sure of the steel? A cushion layer of HAC-7-MN joins and rebuilds unknown and mixed steels. Send us a photo and we’ll confirm.
Get a Wire RecommendationStarting points from Filotech data sheets. Every recommendation is confirmed by our team.
Field Proof
Plaquetec, our applied welding division, puts Filotech wire to work on customers’ parts. A few jobs from the shop floor.
1½ in of build-up where it wore deepest
Rebuilt for a large cement producer, then finished with a chrome carbide overlay laid by machine.
Up to 3× the useful life of the liner
Chrome carbide on the high points doubles, and sometimes triples, the life of a liner few would bother to rebuild.
More Output and steadier aggregate sizing
Rebuilt and hardfaced hammers keep crushers productive and the aggregate they make more consistent.
MF-2000 with no distortion in small parts
Hardfaced with Multi-Fusion 2000 for more protection than the teeth left the factory with.
How We Work
We make every wire ourselves, from the alloy recipe to the last spool, so the advice comes from the people who made it.
Tell us the part, the wear and the base metal. Photos help.
We match an alloy from our range, or formulate a custom wire for the job.
Drawn and spooled in our own plant, on equipment we designed ourselves.
We check the results with you and train the welders who use it.
Applied Welding
Send worn parts to our shop for rebuilding and hardfacing, or order pre-welded wear plate cut to size. Field service on a limited basis.
For Distributors
Filotech wire under your own label, with technical sales training for your team.
For Your Crew
Practical sessions for the welders, assemblers, foremen and supervisors who keep your plant running.
Industries
Wherever rock, ore, grit or heat eats steel. A few of the parts we protect.
Also pulp and paper mills, foundries, hydroelectric plants and Alberta’s oil sands.
No. Our open-arc flux-cored wires shield themselves, so there is no gas bottle to haul and they work outdoors. For automatic build-up, we also make submerged arc wires.
Yes. We formulate on our own premises and make custom wires and formulations for customers. Tell us what the deposit needs to do and what it has to survive.
Both. Filotech wire is sold through distributors and under private label, and direct to plants that want our application support and welder training.
Most wires come in diameters from .045 in (1.2 mm) to 1/8 in (3.2 mm), on 10 and 28 lb spools, 55 lb coils and pay-off packs from 100 to 600 lb. Availability varies by alloy, so ask about yours.
Yes. Chromium carbide overlays relief check by design: fine cracks that relieve stress stay in the overlay and don't run into the base metal. If cracking is a problem for your part, we'll suggest a non-cracking alloy.
Yes. Plaquetec, our applied welding division, rebuilds and hardfaces parts in our shop, supplies pre-welded wear plate cut to size, and offers field service on a limited basis.
Get a Wire Recommendation
Send the part, the wear and the base metal. We reply within one business day.
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