Wear Protection for Agricultural Machinery Knives

Laser-based cladding increases service life and allows process speeds to be increased.

Agricultural knives are exposed to heavy stresses when working in the field, and signs of wear appear therefore quickly. To increase service life of cutting tools, laser coatings are therefore being implemented more and more frequently. With success: The thin, highly stable carbide coatings effectively protect the knives from abrasion, bumps and shocks, thus significantly extending their tool life. No wonder that demand is increasing.

 

What seems strange at first has long since become reality. Of course, the laser does not work on the field - that would not make any sense. But it does treat the tools that are used to process the field and crops. Today, baler knives, loader wagon knives, forage mixer wagon knives, digging knives, forage harvester knives, and even chopping shares are often coated by laser cladding- with the intention of protecting them from premature wear. The service life is increasing, and thus the interest in this coating technology.