AR400 AR500 AR600 Steel Plate
Quenched and tempered wear plate for chutes liners buckets and crusher bodies
Specifications
Wear Resistant Steel Plate in AR400 AR500 and AR600
The abrasion resistant branch of the steel plate range for chutes liners buckets and crusher wear parts
Wear resistant steel plate is the abrasion resistant specialism inside the wider steel plate range. It is an alloy steel plate that carries high wear resistance together with good impact performance, which is what separates it from a hardened casting that resists sliding wear but breaks under lumpy feed. The category holds AR400 AR500 AR600 steel plate along with the items listed as abrasion resistant steel plate and wear resistant steel plate, which are the same alloy plate under the names different markets use. Maintenance and fabrication buyers come here when structural plate in a transfer point or a bucket floor is wearing through faster than the shutdown calendar allows and the replacement panel has to bolt or weld into the frame that already exists.
Full Range
All 3 Products in Wear Resistant Steel Plate
The abrasion resistant branch of the steel plate range for chutes liners buckets and crusher wear parts
Abrasion Resistant Steel Plate
One plate supply covering AR NM XAR RAEX QUARD and FORA wear grades
Specifications
Wear Resistant Steel Plate
Hard alloy wear layer over a tough substrate cut to your liner drawing
SpecificationsProblems Solved
What This Range Is For
Structural Plate Wearing Through Too Early
A liner made from ordinary plate can fail between planned stops and take the plant down unexpectedly. Moving the high wear zone to a harder AR grade shifts the failure point away from the middle of a production run.
Wear Parts That Must Go Back to a Workshop
Components that cannot be cut or welded have to be removed and returned for repair. AR plate takes cutting, bending and welding, and joins by welding, plug welding or bolting, so the site crew can fit the panel where it sits.
Hard Material Shattering Under Impact Loading
Very hard wear materials crack when the feed contains lumps. This plate is specified for high wear resistance and good impact performance together, so the panel deforms rather than breaking away from its fixings.
Quotations That Cannot Be Compared
The same material is quoted as AR steel plate, abrasion resistant plate and wear resistant plate, so buyers compare three offers believing they are three products. Naming the AR grade removes the ambiguity.
One Hardness Applied to a Whole Structure
Specifying the hardest grade everywhere raises cost and makes fabrication harder than it needs to be. Three grades in one category let you place AR600 only where the wear is worst.
Who Buys It
Buyers Who Order From This Range
- Mining and quarry maintenance engineers replacing chute hopper and feeder liner panels
- Cement coal and power plant teams specifying wear panels at transfer points and duct bends
- Earthmoving equipment rebuilders fitting bucket floors cutting edges and blade wear strips
- Glass and metallurgical plants lining equipment that handles hot abrasive material
- Fabrication shops quoting wear packages into machinery builders and plant contractors
- Stockists supplying AR plate to regional repair workshops on a rolling basis
Core Advantages
Why Source This Range From Tianyu Metal
Three Hardness Steps in One Category
AR400 AR500 and AR600 are held together so a single drawing can call up a softer grade on the body of the structure and a harder grade on the wear face.
Wear Resistance Kept With Impact Performance
The plate is specified for both properties rather than one, which is why it survives duties where a brittle wear material would crack out of its mounting.
Workshop and Site Fabrication Friendly
It can be cut, bent and welded with normal fabrication equipment, so panels can be made in your own shop instead of ordered as finished castings.
Fits the Structure You Already Own
Panels connect to existing steelwork by welding, plug welding or bolting, which saves time at the repair site and avoids redesigning the chute or bucket around the liner.
One Material Behind Every Trade Name
AR plate, abrasion resistant plate and wear resistant plate are quoted from the same stock here, so you compare grade and thickness rather than product names.
Grade Documented for the Maintenance File
A mill test certificate is issued against the ordered grade so the hardness step used on each zone is recorded for the next inspection.
Application Scenarios
Where This Range Ends Up
Bulk Handling Chutes and Hoppers
Feed boxes, chute backs and hopper walls in mining and quarry plants where falling rock grinds and impacts the same surface.
Cement and Coal Plant Wear Panels
Transfer points, cyclone walls and duct bends where fine abrasive dust cuts a groove through ordinary plate.
Loader Buckets and Dozer Blades
Bucket floors, side plates, cutting edge backing and mouldboard facings on earthmoving machines working in rock and slag.
Metallurgy and Glass Plant Equipment
Slag handling, charging equipment and batch plant components where abrasion and heat act on the same part.
Building Material Production Lines
Mixers, screw conveyors and press faces on brick, tile and aggregate lines where continuous contact with abrasive mix wears the working surface.
Power Station Fuel and Ash Systems
Coal feed chutes, mill housings and ash handling pipework in electricity generation where downtime for a liner change is costly.
Buying Guide
What To State When You Order
Name the grade per zone, AR400 AR500 or AR600, rather than applying one hardness to the whole structure
Give plate thickness and the finished panel length and width so material is cut rather than shipped as full plate
Send the liner drawing with hole positions and bend lines if you want panels punched and bent before they ship
State the surface condition you expect and whether panels should arrive natural or painted
Say how the panel is fixed, welded, plug welded or bolted, so edge preparation and hole size match the method
Ask for the mill test certificate and confirm bundle packing and edge protection for the sea leg
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Grade Selection and Substitution
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Cut to Size and Processing
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Inspection and Mill Test Certificates
Material without paperwork cannot be released into a job, however good the steel is. A quality department that receives plate with
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Wear Resistant Steel Plate FAQ
Is AR plate the same thing as wear resistant steel plate?
Yes. Abrasion resistant steel plate, AR steel plate and wear resistant steel plate all describe the same alloy plate. The useful part of the specification is the AR grade and the thickness, not the trade name.
How do I choose between AR400 AR500 and AR600?
Map the wear pattern on the part first. Put the hardest grade only on the zone that wears out first and keep a lower grade on the surrounding structure, which keeps fabrication simpler and the panel cost down.
Will this plate crack if the feed contains large lumps?
The plate is supplied for high wear resistance combined with good impact performance, which is why it is used where lumpy feed breaks brittle wear materials out of their fixings.
Can our crew weld the panels in place on site?
Yes. The plate can be cut, bent and welded and connects to other structures by welding, plug welding or bolting, which is what saves time at the repair site rather than removing the assembly.
Which plants normally use this category?
It goes into metallurgy, coal, cement, electricity, glass, mining and building applications, generally wherever material slides or falls against a steel surface all shift.
Do you cut and drill the panels or do we fabricate them?
Either. Send a cutting list and drilling pattern and panels arrive ready to fit, or take plate in the ordered thickness and process it in your own shop.
Get a Quotation on Wear Resistant Steel Plate
Tell us name the grade per zone, AR400 AR500 or AR600, rather than applying one hardness to the whole structure and we will come back with price, availability and what the mill test certificate will show for wear resistant steel plate.