03/10/2025
Carbide Picks Are Energy Hogs!
A Carbide Pick Hits Almost 10,000 Times Every Hour
(160 Drum RPM X 60 Minutes/Hour=9,600 Hits)
Is it any wonder why carbide picks wear down so quickly? Even with impressive compressive strength, Tungsten Carbide is no match for a typical skidsteer drum spinning at 150 to 160 revolutions per minute.
The old-school style of carbide pick milling relies on brute force to pulverize material into crumbles. That impacting absorbs large amounts of energy, and all that energy has to go somewhere. The result? Heat. Lots of it.
When carbide picks get hot, they seize up, dull faster, and wear out long before they should.
The bottom line is that carbide picks consume energy. And the cost is burned-up tooling, wasted time, and lost money.
The Rolling Wedge Milling Process works differently. Instead of pounding away, Rolling Wedge Milling Tools use a rolling-wedging-lifting-cutting-action, rolling over the material, engaging the brittle strength of the material rather than fighting it.
The result? Cooler operation, less wear, and more efficiency. Rolling Wedge Milling Tools are true energy savers. Compared to carbide picks that are energy hogs, Rolling Wedge Milling Tools are a real work horse!
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