Color Code: LIGHT BLUE
A medium range abrasion resistant plate for economy-minded applications, where the cost of initial materials and the reduction of downtime are important factors. Excellent weldability and workability make American-50 well suited to applications requiring quality materials at a significantly reduced cost.
Features And Advantages
- Excellent weldability
- Economical alternative to high cost AR plate
- Can be rolled and formed with ease
- Can be drilled and flame-cut with ease
- Abrasion resistant
Typical Mechanical Properties
| Tensile strength psi | 130,000 |
| Yield point psi | 90,000 |
| Elongation in 2” | 16% |
| Brinell hardness | 220–260 |
Welding
- Use 7016 or 8016 electrodes
Applications
- Asphalt plug mill liners
- Bucket lips
- Chute liners
- Clam shell bucket lips
- Concrete mixer liners
- Concrete pipe liners
- Conveyor buckets
- Conveyor flights
- Cylinders
- Dredge pipes
- Dust collector pipe sections
- Fan housings
- Flume liners
- Funnels
- Hoppers
- Ore trays
- Pan liners
- Plug mill mixer liners
- Screens
- Skip tub liners
- Skirt plates
- Spades
- Spouts
- Troughs
- Vibrating conveyors
Available Sizes
American-50 Plates
Thickness: 1/8” through 8”
Widths: 48” 60” 72” 84” 96” or burned to your specifications
Lengths: 96” 120” 144” 240” 288” or burned to your specifications
American-50 Wear Strips
Thickness: 1/8” 3/16” 1/4” 3/8” 1/2” 5/8” 3/4” 1” 1-1/4” 1-1/2” 1-3/4” 2” 2-1/2”
Thicknesses over 2-1/2” burned to your specifications
Widths: Burned to your specifications
Lengths: Maximum of 24’
Fabrication & Machining
Forming, rolling, punching, and perforating to your specifications