Optimized lifetime of wear parts
Mining customers will benefit from the closer cooperation of thyssenkrupp Mining Technologies and Magotteaux by optimized and cost-efficient wear parts for mining and aggregates equipment. The long-standing partnership will now be extended into the development of innovative wear parts with Metal Matrix Composite (MMC) technology. The cooperation agreement strengthens future joint research and development efforts, through shorter development times and a customer- and market-focused research & development effort – enabling even faster introduction of high-quality wear parts with higher profitability for mining customers.
thyssenkrupp and Magotteaux extend strategic partnership
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Magotteaux has extensive expertise in MMC Technology for wear-resistant castings offering a longer service life and a better cost/benefit ratio. This technological lead is based on numerous patents held by the company in this area. The alliance of thyssenkrupp’s process expertise and Magotteaux’s manufacturing expertise will offer customers worldwide cost effective wear parts of equipment by combining their respective knowhow and IP to offer valuable and unprecedented solutions. It clearly pays off and has already achieved visible results for various customers. For example, in the development of concaves for gyratory crushers, which were developed and introduced in 2021, currently showing proof that the wear behavior is much better compared with standard wear parts, even under the toughest conditions. thyssenkrupp Mining Technologies has also secured further competencies in MMC technology with an exclusive license agreement with Innerco Sp. z o.o..
