Brown McFarlane offers the widest range of carbon and stainless steel plate, available ex-stock.
Welding
Abrasion resistant plate can be welded under normal conditions (if you require advice on welding, machining or forming then please contact any one of our offices) using MMA, MOG and SAW without preheat, up to a combined thickness of 60mm, provided hydrogen controlled electrodes are used. Consumables should be dried in accordance with scale ‘D’ of BS 5135. Consumables should be chosen on the basis of whether or not the weld metal is exposed to wear conditions.
Machining
Machining or drilling is more difficult due to hardness. For 400BHN use high-grade cobalt HSS E drilling tools and for 500BHN hard metal drilling tools are necessary.
Forming
Abrasion steels can be readily cold formed. Compared with steels of lower yields, three factors should be considered:
i) higher press forces
ii) a greater bend radius is required
iii) spring back.