Creusabro®Dual is an advanced abrasion-resistant steel additionally alloyed with high titanium content (0.6%). This innovative grade is mainly dedicated to severe sliding wear conditions in service for applications where conventional water quenched steels (500HB, 550HB), hardfacing plates or hard-casting parts are traditionally implemented.

By analogy with Creusabro®8000, Creusabro®Dual capitalizes upon innovative metallurgical concept, based on a specific chemical analysis. In addition, it is also produced by Oil Quenching, which reduces the level of the residual stresses that is encountered, within the plate after heat treatment, with more drastic quenching methods (water quenching).

The outstanding extra wear resistance, severe abrasion combined with high impact cycle load, is mainly due to the contribution of the following hardening phenomena:

• an homogeneous precipitation of extra hard primary titanium carbides in the steel matrix leads to a significant improvement of the sliding wear resistance in extreme service conditions.

• a superficial hardening following a very efficient work hardening capability in service, governed by a metallurgic phenomenon called TRIP effect (Transformation Induced by Plasticity).

• in addition to a high stress grinding abrasion resistance, an ability of forming also remains within reasonable limits and allows the processing of curved parts

No other competitor offers wear resistant steel at this level of hardness 500HB, with such high abrasion resistance combined with high resistance to cracking in service!