Here's a mystery for everyone to ponder. We have this tooling made from D2 tool steel. It over ten years old. Well it is finally starting to wear so we looked at the print and ordered new tooling which was made and put into use. The feedback we got from the operators was that the weld spatter is...
Environment is downhole oil drilling using steam to extract oil so you have heat as well as water vapor and a fine silica laden drilling fluid. Plus the usual sour gas. The carbide is acting as a sealing surface in a valve.
Hey everyone. Can anyone recommend a grade of carbide that would be resistant to high pressure steam yet have good wear resistence? This would be for a deep welloil drilling application
