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ELECON HAMMER RINGS FOR CRUSHER

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ELECON HAMMER RINGS FOR CRUSHER


Chrome Moly material (code name
KMD) is a product Elecon has
developed in collaboration with West
Germany.
Hammer rings made of KMD have,
over the past eight to ten years,
gained popularity overn Mn Steel
hammer rings, because of KMDs
inherent qualities.
KMD is ferric steel and has magnetic
properties. In the event of breakage
under abnormal working conditions,
the broken peices carried along with
the coal on the conveyor belts can
be picked out by the magnetic
separator.
On the other hand, Mn steel is Nonmagnetic. It will not be picked out by
the magnetic separator, and may
result in major damage to the
production line.
So far, Mn Steel was preferred
because it is tough and has excellent

wear resistance properties. However,


being basically soft, Mn Steel has to
come into contact with reasonably
hard material to attain this wear
resistance. The hardness stipulation,
as per the standards, is 229 BHN
maximum. Once Mn Steel comes in
contact with harder metals,
instantaeous workhardening takes
place on the surface of up to0.2-0.3
mm depth. After work-hardening, the
hardness shoots up to 500-550 BHN,
and wear resistance properties are
achieved. In the event of
workhardening not taking place, Mn
Steel is susceptible to a faster rate
of wear.
KMD is better. Because it has a
hardness of 400-450 BHN throught
the section, and it allows workhardening on the surface.
Because of the special heat
treatment given to it, it is extra tough
and withstands impacts. In fact, even

with the variations in the inputs the


wear rate does not change much.
It has been observed that whenever
coal is in an excessively wet
condition, the wear rate in Mn Steel
increases three fold.
Because of the inconsistent quality
of coal with an ash contect of up to
40% and siliceous matter exceeding
20%, the life span of Mn Steel
hammer ring reduces substantially.
As a result, down time and
maintenance increases. It becomes
very difficult to maintain the inventory
of spares.
KMD, on the other hand, has better
life span even with wet coal.
So, with the use of KMD, equipment
safety is ensured. In addition, down
time is minimised and inventory of
spares can be optimised.
ELECONS KMD HAMMER RINGS.
IT IS QUALITY THAT MATTERS.

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