Iranian Company Makes Nanostructured Anti-Wear Welding Wires
No nano-based raw materials are used in the production of these welding wires, but the formulation is engineered in such a way that nanostructures are formed at the welding site during the welding process. These nanometer structures provide high strength and special resistance to wear and impact.
Haniyeh Farahi, the R&D manager of the company, said that the technology can be applied in the mining, ceramic, crystal and steel industries,
“Price reduction compared to foreign models, savings in material consumption with a deposition rate of 95 percent, and welding without the need for shielding gas are among the advantages of these products,” Farahi said.
“Also, the anti-wear plates produced by our company, with a microstructure containing nanometer carboborides, enjoy much higher wear resistance than domestic and foreign samples. These plates have been produced thinner and lighter due to modern welding technology and, despite the presence of stress cracks, have maintained the ability to form and bend,” she noted.
Farahi announced the annual production capacity of the company's nano welding electrodes as 300 tons, and said, “At present, nearly 120 tons are produced per year.”
In a relevant development in 2024, the researchers of a knowledge-based company in Iran had also succeeded in making a welding machine with minimal electricity consumption while in use.
“Our products are welding machines. At first, we formed a research and development team and reverse engineered this device. Then we made changes in it and finally presented a product that has different specifications compared to the foreign samples,” Ali Mahmoudi, the managing director of the knowledge-based company, told ANA.
“The biggest difference of our welding machine with others is that we have packed a large amount of power into a small volume; also, our devices are easily portable and can work with a generator in areas where there is no electricity,” he added.
“Previous samples of this machine were in such a way that the electrode would stick to the workpiece while working with the machine, but we have settled this problem too,” Mahmoudi said.
“The next point is that all electrode ranges, cast iron and steel electrodes can be easily welded by using our product,” he added.
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