Wear Protection for Agricultural Machinery and Harvesting Equipment
In agriculture, soil cultivation tools work in constant contact with the ground. Mineral particles abrade ploughshares, shares and tines, and stones strike repeatedly.
Blunt shares, worn reversible tips and damaged mowing blades cost traction, work quality and valuable time during the season. Every standstill hits right in the middle of the harvest or sowing window.
We supply wear protection solutions, spare parts and welding consumables that address exactly these issues and keep your components in service longer.
Typical Welding Defects on Soil Cultivation Tools
Hard overlay on shares and tips only holds when the layer selection and bonding match the alternating load from abrasion and impact. The most common damage pattern in agricultural engineering arises precisely here. We explain the cause and how we prevent it.
Problem: Spalling Due to Incorrect Layer Selection
If the layer selection does not match the load or the hard overlay bonds poorly to the base material, it spalls off under the constant alternation of soil abrasion and stone impact. The component then wears faster than without protection.
Our Solution: Matched Welding Technique with Buffer Layer
With suitable hardfacing electrodes, cleanly prepared wear zones and a build-up of a tough buffer layer and hard top layer, the coating holds even under impact load. This keeps shares and tips serviceable for a long time.
Suitable Welding Consumables for Shares, Tips and Harvesting Tools
In agricultural engineering, abrasion and impact almost always act together: the soil abrades, stones strike. We select the welding consumable and layer structure according to soil type and component. Where soil abrasion dominates, we work with higher carbide content; on heavily stony soils, with tougher, impact-resistant alloys and a buffer layer. On cutting edges of mowing blades and chopping knives, edge retention is an additional requirement. Via the following wear types you can reach the appropriate welding consumables for each application area.
Corrosion
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Metal-to-metal friction wear
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Impact stress
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Temperature
Show productsSpare and Wear Parts for Agricultural Engineering
On soil cultivation machines, harvesting machines and feed mixers, components such as ploughshares, reversible tips and mouldboards, tines on cultivators and harrows, mowing blades, chopping and mulching knives, or feed augers and pick-up tines are subject to particularly heavy wear. We protect them with hard overlay and restore them. Here you will find suitable wear and spare parts for your equipment:
Fully Automated Overlay Welding and Additive Manufacturing
In the Laser Competence Centre, capilla brings together modern technologies for coating and component manufacturing.
Here, components are specifically treated, wear-resistant layers are applied and complex components are manufactured using additive processes such as 3D cladding.
This enables solutions that go beyond conventional welding applications and make components sustainably more capable.
Andreas Frische
Technical Management
Do you have wear problems, recurring damage or want to operate your equipment more economically?
Our experts support you in selecting suitable welding consumables, in treating components and in developing long-lasting solutions.
Together we will find the approach that fits your application both technically and economically.
+49 5202 97790-54
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a.frische@capilla-gmbh.de
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Why capilla
Holistic Approach
From welding consumable to finished component – all solutions work together.
Focus on Wear
Specialisation in applications with high abrasion and mechanical load.
Practice-Oriented Consultation
Analysis of real applications rather than theoretical recommendations.
Proprietary Technologies
Laser Competence Centre for coating and additive manufacturing.
capilla Wear Protection to Bulk Material Specification
We do not work with standard recipes. Whether bulk material, medium or workpiece — what matters is always the actual load acting on the component. Grain size, hardness, temperature, flow or chemical aggressiveness determine which type of wear dominates and which protection truly fits.
Before we define the welding consumable, process and layer structure, we analyse the operating conditions. This results in a solution tailored to your component. Tested consumables and defined parameters are part of this — supplemented by standards-compliant documentation for safety-critical components.
Frequently Asked Questions about Wear Protection in Agriculture
Industry solutions for agriculture include wear-resistant overlay layers, repair welding and component-specific welding consumables for agricultural and agri-technical machinery. They are used on soil cultivation machines, harvesting machines and feed mixers — wherever components are particularly heavily stressed by soil abrasion and stone impact. The goal is longer service life and less downtime during ongoing seasonal and harvest operations.
The most heavily worn are soil cultivation tools such as ploughshares, reversible tips, mouldboards, shares and tines on cultivators and harrows. In harvesting technology, this affects mowing blades, chopping knives, mulching knives and pick-up tines on harvesting machines. In addition, there are conveying parts such as feed augers, separation augers and sieve baskets in harvesting machines and feed mixers.
In soil cultivation, abrasion from mineral particles in the soil dominates, combined with impact from stones. Both loads act simultaneously on ploughshares, reversible tips, mouldboards and tines. Layer structure and welding consumable must therefore be equally abrasion-resistant and impact-tough.
Ploughshares are protected by partial hard overlay at the most heavily stressed zones. Wear-resistant hardfacing electrodes are used that withstand soil abrasion while being impact-tough enough to handle stone contact in the soil. This significantly extends the service life of ploughshares.
Reversible tips, shares and tines on cultivators and harrows are restored by targeted overlay welding at the wear zones. The hard overlay is applied precisely where soil abrasion acts most strongly — at the cutting edge and tip. This allows the components to be rebuilt multiple times without requiring complete replacement.
Wear-resistant hardfacing electrodes are suitable for soil cultivation tools, matched to the combination of soil abrasion and stone impact. Where abrasion dominates, higher carbide content is used; on heavily stony soils, tougher alloys with a buffer layer. The choice depends on soil type and machine application.
Mowing blades, chopping knives and mulching knives on harvesting machines are protected by targeted hard overlay on the cutting edges or resharpened. The overlay layer must simultaneously retain its edge and be abrasion-resistant against plant and mineral contamination. This keeps cutting quality consistently high throughout long harvesting periods.
Feed augers, separation augers and pick-up tines in harvesting technology and on feed mixers are protected by hard overlay at the wear zones. For abrasive loads from crop, admixtures and mineral particles, carbide-rich welding consumables are used. This significantly extends service life and stabilises the material flow in the machine.
Partial hard overlay pays off on soil cultivation tools such as ploughshares, reversible tips, mouldboards and tines wherever components have to be frequently replaced due to soil abrasion and stone impact. The targeted overlay with wear-resistant hardfacing electrodes delivers longer service life and lower costs compared to complete replacement — especially during the ongoing season.
Spalling of the hard overlay is usually caused by incorrect layer selection or insufficient bonding to the base material, particularly under alternating loads from soil abrasion and stone impact. It can be prevented by matched welding technique — i.e. suitable hardfacing electrodes, cleanly prepared wear zones and a layer structure of tough buffer layer and hard top layer. This keeps ploughshares, mouldboards, mowing blades and other soil cultivation tools serviceable in the long term.