of developing the most durable and proven hardfacing applications for the oil and gas industry
new manufacture
applying hardfacing to new components such as stabilisers, stabiliser sleeves, fishing and milling tools
refurbishment
LION can provide a complete refurbishment service of downhole drilling equipment
Hardfacing consumables
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About hardfacing
LION welding products facility, provides specialist hard surfacing processes for reducing wear and erosion on dynamic equipment used in many industries, especially for drilling, mining and construction.
Using proprietary techniques and processes developed over many years, LION can provide some of the most resilient and proven quality hard surface treatments in the industry, ensuring the provision of the best wear resistant coatings for all types of downhole tools.
The hard surfacingavailable includes stellite coating, tungsten carbide inserts, tungsten powder and diamond products.
HARDFACING TYPES
HF 1000
Cost effective solution
Durable and hard wearing
Suitable for softer/medium formations
Composite rod with 1/8” to 1/4” crushed tungsten wear carbides bonded in a tough nickel based matrix
Variations in cutting carbides offered for milling and scraping applications
HF 2000
Higher performance
Trapezoidal tungsten carbide inserts in-filled with 1/8” composite filler material
Offered for medium formations
HF 3000
High Performance for medium to hard formations
Tungsten carbide tiles (brick work pattern) with LION propriety in- fill options
Close Tile formation
HF 3000 HB
High performance HB
Herring bone formation
Tungsten Carbide Tiles
LION Propriety infill
Maximum coverage with close spacing
Minimizes matrix washout
HARDFACING EXAMPLES
8.5” Integral Blade Stabiliser
Laid out in equal rows of high grade tungsten carbide tiles, ready for application of proprietary alloy powder weld hard facing (HF 3000)
8.5” IBS Stabiliser & Reamer Tool
Prepared ready for hard facing
12.25” Turbine Stabiliser
HF3000 Hard facing process
16.75” IBS Non-Mag Stabiliser
Application of stellite powder infill for HF 3000 (powder weld process)
18” Bridge Buster
5/16” Kutrite composite rod applied to body area designed for cutting action