Grade PLS Tuf-Cote® Rope Hardfacing Material
Features & Benefits
- Excellent coating for metal/metal friction
- Very good anchorage of the carbides in the matrix
- Very good abrasion resistance
- Good shock resistance and toughness
- Good thermal stability

Physical Properties
Carbides | ~67% in weight Spherical WC/W2C 0.4 to 0.8 mm (0.015 to 0.031 inch) |
Matrix | Self-Fluxing NiCrBFeSiC 40 HRC ±2 |
Organic Binder | 1 to 2% in weight |
Overlay | WC hardness ~ 1800 to 2400 Hv300 Matrix hardness ~40 to 50 HRC 14 g/cm3 (0.54 lb/in3) |