Typical chute installation of Rio-Carb CrC overlay plates

Rio-Carb are specialists in the manufacture and supply of Chromium Carbide
(CrC)  Long-life liners and components to the mining and allied industries.

With 30 years experience the company can justly use  its mantra
<INNOVATION: TRUST: SERVICE>

It's Long-life CrC liners have 8 to 10 times the wearlife of "400" and "500" materials, dramatically reduce users' costs due to much less downtime and change-outs.

The company with it's mining history DNA is able to swiftly respond to customers' needs and provide cost effective solutions.

THE PRODUCT

Q: Why does CrC have such a Long-Life?

A: Look at the road outside. The hard stone pieces are held in place by a soft tar matrix. It lasts for years. Our CrC (with MaxCS™) works on the same principal. Chromium at 24% is “alloyed” to Carbon at 4% forming Carbides (CrC). These have a hardness of 1800 V.P.N. (very hard!) and are held in place by an iron (steel) matrix (”glue”).

Now you have our LONG-LIFE CrC liners!

Recent Developments

New products have been launched:

• Rio-Carb ceramic tiles.  For to impact areas and noise control.  Ceramic "thimbles" mounted in hard rubber, make a good shock-absorber. <See Ceramic Liners>
   
• Rio-Carb "checker" plate.  Cladded with a checker pattern, leaving 60% open area for "dead-box" effect.  For earthmoving equipment. <See Checker Plates>
   
• Rio-Carb "CrC Compatible" welding electrodes.  Same CrC alloy as the "Long-life" wearplates. <See Welding Electrodes>

The Future

World trends show an ever increasing use of CrC liner plates. 

By exploiting the wonderful properties of Chromium Carbide, and adding MaxCS™ to increase carbide saturation, a FIT + FORGET approach can be used.

FOR STICKY AND DIFFICULT TO FEED MATERIALS

Our “as-supplied” liners are very smooth due to our special “welded-weave” beads of 40mm width, ensuring our trademark flat and even surface.

However we have an  ULTRASMOOTH grade for even smoother feeding of wet clay-like materials, in low head-room chutes and to save conveyor belt damage and wear. <See ULTRASMOOTH>