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Wear Plate & Block

The aim of Wear Plate & Block is to supply technically advanced wear solutions to the global market. The Wear Plate & Block team are focused on developing products and services to meet customers’ aspirations. We provide a range of engineering services and have sufficient capabilities to develop and manufacture a solution for any project. Our vast products range is continuously expanding to provide total wear solutions. Our products include:

Duaplate® & Vidaplate®

Chromium carbide clad wear plate manufactured in Australia and marketed worldwide. Vidaplate and Duaplate are well suited to fixed and mobile plant equipment associated with the construction, mining and resource industries; particularly iron ore, coal, cement and steel applications.

Duablock® & Vidablock®

Range of products are based on a cast white iron wear surface metallurgically bonded to a weldable mild steel backing plate. Duablock is fixed to the surface of fixed and mobile plant equipment, such as mining buckets and chutes, where protection from severe abrasion is required. Duablock is also sold and marketed world wide under the Vidablock marquee.

NiHard

Abrasion and high impact resistant product. NiHard is a white iron, alloyed with chromium and nickel, to provide a tough wear resistant material. NiHard is often cast into billets and liners and used extensively in the mining, construction and mineral processes industries, particularly in bulk handling situations.

Duaceramic®

Bradken's latest addition to the Wear Plate & Block product range. Duaceramic combines hard abrasion resistant alumina ceramic blocks with an impact resistant polyurethane elastomer. Duaceramic is used in the most extreme abrasive environments found in the mineral processing industry.

Services & Capabilities

Bradken not only supplies a comprehensive range of superior wear resistant products, but also specialises in providing complete engineering design and fabrication services to our customers. Our large local manufacturing capacity, and fabrication capabilities allow us to take on significant projects and maintain consistent support of our existing customers.