Ferobide: the durable solution for your farming machinery
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A farmer’s son born and brought up in North Yorkshire, Stewart knows the inside of a tractor cab well enough (the older models). He has been involved in agricultural sales for over 30 years and worked for the UKs largest wear parts suppliers as well as selling cultivation kit in Europe, North America, New Zealand, Africa and across the UK. He was introduced to Ferobide seven years ago when approached to conduct trials and evaluate the product for agricultural usage and is the biggest stockist and distributor to agricultural sector worldwide.
Ferobide is a unique weldable tungsten carbide hard surface tile. It is ideally used to extend the working life of wear parts. The advantage over other carbides is that it can be welded in place in a farm workshop using existing mig or stick welding equipment. In practice, conventional tungsten is a good product but the end users constantly complain that the host metal wears away and the parts have to be changed when the valuable tungsten is still 85% good. To solve this problem, Ferobide can be welded on to the area that is eroding away so that the host metal is protected and the farmer makes full use of the very expensive tungsten. In practice, the outlay is often repaid five or even ten times. This method works on many plough points, subsoiler points, wings and heavy cultivators.
What is Ferobide?
Subsoiler wing with tungsten leading edge and Ferobide in the wash zone, the Ferobide clearly doing its job.
The Tiles
8 x 40 x 4 mm
Scrapers, plough shins and skim mouldboards.
25 x 60 x 4/6/8mm
Subsoiler shins and cultivator legs.
Typically used on mower skids.
Scrapers, plough shins and landsides, sides of subsoilers, wings. On many different drill coulteres. On stubble rakes, straw rakes and drill following harrow tines.
15 x 40 x 4/6/8 mm
40 x 40 x 4/6/8mm
Testimonials
Thomas Nutt, Scarborough
“We have been using Ferobide in combination with tungsten for three years now, it has cut our wear part costs for heavy cultivation by 70%.”
James Tempest, Gloag & Sons
“We were about to change the legs on our SLD before the 2018 cultivation season however, we bought some Ferobide with the assurance that we would be impressed. What a tremendous result! The legs look like they will last another two years before a change is required.”
Andrew Wattam - Stourton
Will Howe - Sleaford
Benefits of using Ferobide
Saving on wearing metal costs.
Clean packer rollers take less horsepower to turn.
Clean packer rollers do not transport black grass seeds to clean fields.
Ferobide should outlast conventional hardhard facing up to 10 times so there is a huge saving in downtime.
Lasts up to 6x as long as chrome carbide/white iron.
The parts maintain their full working width so continue to do the job they were designed to do.
Tungsten tipped point of low disturbance subsoiler. Without Ferobide 40 ha, with Ferobide 200 ha.
Ferobide welding
Examples of the different ways Ferobide can be utilized.
Do’s and Don’ts
Do
Do use full PPE when welding
Do apply Ferobide to a flat surface
Do stagger the joints if applying two rows of tiles, e.g on the side of a subsoiler leg.
Do clean the part up with a grinder
Do clamp the tile down before tacking down; if you are doing a row of tiles, butt them up with no gaps and weld all in one go.
Don’ts
Don’t quench after welding
Don’t use Ferobide in high speed above ground applications
Don’t try Ferobide on the leading edge of points or wings in heavy stone situations
Events and News
Cereals 2023
Newark
June 13/14th
Stand No: 627a
Normac cultivations event 2023
Wymondham Norfolk
September 6th
Indoor stand
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No. Standard mild steel wire and rods will be sufficent.
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A little wear does occur but the soil has to flow over the tile and the weld proves to be very durable.
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Yes, anybody with rudimentary welding skills should be able to weld Ferobide using standard mild steel rods or wire.
Frequently asked questions
