UTP Maintenance, flux-cored wire, hardfacing

WEARcore Tool NiCrCo metal-cored wire

Formerly: SK U521-G. The manufacturer changed the catalogue name (voestalpine Böhler Welding catalogue 2025): WEARcore Tool NiCrCo metal-cored wire is the same product as SK U521-G. Before ordering, confirm the diameter, packaging and current approvals in the product datasheet.
EN ISO classification14700 T Ni2
AWS classification8555 MF 23-GF-200-TZ
Shielding gasM13: Ar with O2 added (up to 3 %)
Former nameSK U521-G
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Authorised distributorvoestalpine Böhler Welding
Courier shippingfrom the warehouse in Krotoszyn
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Application

What WEARcore Tool NiCrCo metal-cored wire is used for

WEARcore Tool NiCrCo is a gas-shielded cored wire in a nickel alloy for surfacing forging tools subjected to extremely high temperatures.

The wire leaves only silicate islands instead of a full slag layer, which shortens the cleaning time between passes, and its metal core gives a high deposition rate with an almost slag-free bead. Previously sold as SK U521-G.

  • Classification EN ISO: 14700 T Ni2
  • AWS classification: 8555 MF 23-GF-200-TZ
  • Diameters: 1.6 mm
  • Hardness of deposit: 200 HB

Remove the fatigued and hardened surface layer before you build up, a deposit laid on worn material will flake off. Check the feed roll pressure, a metal-cored wire is easier to crush than a solid one. Set the parameters for spray arc, in the short arc range a metal-cored wire loses its deposition advantage. Lay the overlay in overlapping beads and watch the part temperature, an overheated component will distort and crack where the layers meet.

Fits

For which materials and machines

Base materials

Material group: hardfacing. The exact grades and thicknesses are in the manufacturer data sheet, and for an unusual joint call us, we will pick the filler metal.

Process and machines

Flux-cored wire, works on any sound machine for this process: welders. Shielding gas: M13: Ar with O2 added (up to 3 %).

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