Wear resistance is the characteristics of a material to resist wear due to hard particles forced against and moving along the material surface.

Durabide® possesses excellent wear resistant capabilities and has performed very well in harsh environments such as those for oil well pumps.

Due to its excellent wear resistant property our product has saved time and money to our customers through increased part life and reduced down time.

Durabide® has wear resistance of 3.2 mg/1000 cycles under as plated condition. When our product is heat treated for hardness its wear resistance increases to 2.7 mg/1000 cycles.