Gday guys,
I'm thinking of changing my impact crushing rig some what to improve the speed at which it will smash the rocks into nice small mess grade. Currently I am using 6 segments of hardened steel chain that while very easy to swap out as they wear I think they tend to deflect as they impact the ore dropped in, well I think they do I am not going to put my head in there to check. I saw on another website a company using a swing arm mounted in a similar fashion to what I am currently using and it was faced with 2 AR (abrasive resistant) plates but they attached it in a way that left the bolts protruding from the face plate and my thinking is these will wear quite quickly and be a nightmare to change out after loosing there shape. I don't want to wield the plates on as it might ruin the strength because of the heat and make change outs a very long process.
Here's my questions
1. Can AR steel be drilled and tapped as ive never worked with it?
2. Anyone know of a supplier in the Perth area that custom cuts AR Steel that I wont need to sell one of my kids to pay for it?
I'm contemplating changing the entire setup and if I do I'll shoot up some pics as I build it.
Cheers for any help
I'm thinking of changing my impact crushing rig some what to improve the speed at which it will smash the rocks into nice small mess grade. Currently I am using 6 segments of hardened steel chain that while very easy to swap out as they wear I think they tend to deflect as they impact the ore dropped in, well I think they do I am not going to put my head in there to check. I saw on another website a company using a swing arm mounted in a similar fashion to what I am currently using and it was faced with 2 AR (abrasive resistant) plates but they attached it in a way that left the bolts protruding from the face plate and my thinking is these will wear quite quickly and be a nightmare to change out after loosing there shape. I don't want to wield the plates on as it might ruin the strength because of the heat and make change outs a very long process.
Here's my questions
1. Can AR steel be drilled and tapped as ive never worked with it?
2. Anyone know of a supplier in the Perth area that custom cuts AR Steel that I wont need to sell one of my kids to pay for it?
I'm contemplating changing the entire setup and if I do I'll shoot up some pics as I build it.
Cheers for any help