Hardbanding Solutions by Postle Industries, Inc

Hardbanding Solutions by Postle Industries has developed crack-free, casing friendly Duraband NC hardbanding alloy for the most reliable wear protection for drill pipe applications without damaging the casing. It is 100% rebuildable and is Fearnley Procter NS-1TM Certified for application on new tool joints, as well as, re-application over itself and most competitive products. The cost of hardband re-application can be very expensive if the previous hardband must be removed before re-application can proceed. Close to 80% of the total cost of a re-application is removal of the previous hardbanding, application of mild steel as a buildup, and subsequent machining of the mild steel to prepare the tool joint for the application of the hardband. Duraband NC can substantially reduce the cost of re-application since it can be applied over most previous hardbanding, without the need for removal. However, there are certain ones that they cannot go over. If this is the case, a complete re-...