Colmonoy® Alloy News - Food and Glass Container
“With CISA deeming food and agriculture a critical industry, did you know that Wall Colmonoy has a long history in both food & glass container industries?”
Read more about how to “get your plow shares ready for spring” and repairs on glass cast iron moulds via a low-heat welding method developed by Wall Colmonoy from our 1956 second issue of Colmonoy® Alloy News.
Agriculture Industry – Plow Share Blades
Get Your Plow Shares Ready for Spring!
In this February 1965 Issue of Colmonoy® Alloy News, Plow share blades are hardfaced with Colmonoy® Sweat-On Paste and Wallex® alloys.
Coated shares can plow 1400-1600 acres of farmland versus 50 acres for uncoated. Apply to blades before a share even touches the field to prevent maintenance.
Wallex® is chosen to protect the top face of the plow share:
- Cost savings
- Offers excellent abrasion and impact resistance
- Has extreme low coefficient of friction which sharply reduces wear and enables the share to easily pass through the soil
Wallex® extends useful life of earth moving and rough material handling equipment as well as gages, grinders, rigs, conveyor parts and pump impellers.
Today, Wallex® is now rebranded for cobalt-based alloys and has applications within Agriculture or Food Industry for Knives (Hay Chopper), Collars (Expeller), Runners (Corn Planter) and Spike Harrow Teeth.
Colmonoy® alloys within the food industry have applications for:
- Banbury mixers Colmonoy® 88, 69SC
- Hammers Colmonoy® 6
- Blades and Sweeps (Cultivator Shovel) Colmonoy® 88
- Clevis Connections Colmonoy® 6
- Colter Colmonoy® 705
- Cylinder Teeth Colmonoy® 6
- Drill Shoes and Scraper Knives Colmonoy® 6
- Hand Shovels and Hoes Colmonoy® 705
- Hay Baler Parts Colmonoy® 63
- Knives (Cane) Colmonoy® 6
- Knives (Ensilage) Colmonoy® 705
- Knives (Rod Bean) Colmonoy® 6
- Lifter Plates Colmonoy® 88
- Mill Hammers Colmonoy® 6
- Plow Discs and Harrows Colmonoy® 705
- Plow Shares (Edges), (Noses) ColTung™ 1, Colmonoy® 6
- Potato Diggers Colmonoy® 6
- Pulverizer Blades Colmonoy® 88
- Root Cutters ColTung™ 1
- Screw Conveyors Colmonoy® 705 or 750
- Spring Tooth Runners Colmonoy® 6
- Stump Cutters Colmonoy® 6
- Sugar Beet Bucket Hooks Colmonoy® 6
- Sugar Beet Diffusion Machine Shafts Colmonoy® 6
Glass Container Industry – Cast Iron Repair
Colmonoy® 20 rod repairs cast iron glass container following manufacture via a low-heat welding method developed by Wall Colmonoy.
The 3-step method consists of grinding the area to produce a good welding surface; heating to just 93°C (200°F) and applying flux; and finally, welding with Colmonoy® No. 20 nickel-base alloy rod using a reducing oxy-acetylene torch flame.
Minimum heat used with this method keeps the mould from reaching the hardening temperature, preventing formation of hard spots adjacent to the weld. Colmonoy® 20 will not – discolor or mark the finished glass. Alloy hardness is 15 to 20 Rockwell C-can be smoothed by filing.
Today’s method of cast iron repair is by Fuseweld™ process and alloy of choice are:
- Colmonoy® 323
- Colmonoy® 21
- Colmonoy® 24
- Colmonoy® 23A
- Colmonoy® 225
- Colmonoy® 226
Read more on Glass Container Industry.