Casting / Wear-Resistant Castings

Wear-Resistant Casting Alloys & How to Specify Them

This is the metallurgy page: how each abrasion-resistant casting alloy behaves and when to specify it. High-chrome white irons, nickel-chromium white irons, manganese steel and chrome-moly steels — all common industry choices for this service — each answer a different abrasion mode: gouging, sliding, impact or slurry. Looking to order finished crusher wear parts instead? Start on our wear parts page.

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Match Alloy to Abrasion Mode

Gouging impact → manganese steel. Sliding abrasion → high-chrome white iron. Mixed impact/abrasion → chrome-moly steel. Slurry erosion → nickel-chromium white iron or high-chrome.

Mill & Crusher Components

Ball-mill shell plates, jaw and cone crusher mantles, hammer-mill hammers, impactor blow bars, pump volutes and pipe spools.

Service Engineering

Monmet's metallurgists review wear-rate data and recommend grade upgrades or geometry changes to extend campaign life.

Frequently Asked Questions

In sliding abrasion, high-chrome grades are generally understood to outlast nickel-chromium white irons; the gap depends on the ore, impact level and section thickness, so we review both against your duty.

Manganese steel and chrome-moly steels are weldable for in-service repair. White irons (nickel-chromium and high-chrome) are not weldable and must be replaced.

Related Casting Capabilities

Alloy Steel Casting

Low and high-alloy steel castings: Cr-Mo, Ni-Cr-Mo and other alloy grades. Quench-and-tempered for mining, cement and heavy industrial wear.

Sand Casting

How industrial sand casting works: green sand, no-bake and resin-bonded molding, pattern equipment, achievable tolerances and surface finish in steel, iron and bronze.

Centrifugal Casting

Vertical and horizontal centrifugal casting to drawing — most often bronze and other non-ferrous alloys, plus high-alloy stainless and exotic ferrous grades.

Casting vs Forging

When to specify a casting and when to forge: geometry, alloy, mechanical properties, cost and lead time. Engineering guidance from Monmet's metallurgists.

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