US Patent Issued to ESCO GROUP on June 24 for "Hardfaced products for abrasive applications and processes for making the same" (Oregon Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,584, issued on June 24, was assigned to ESCO GROUP LLC (Portland, Ore.).

"Hardfaced products for abrasive applications and processes for making the same" was invented by Robin K. Churchill (Aloha, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hardfaced product includes a substrate and a hard composite material bonded to the substrate. The composite material includes boron carbide as a wear-resistant material and a matrix alloy including manganese and at least one of copper, silver, gold, platinum or palladium. The hardfaced product can be made by applying a molten matrix alloy to a substrate wherein the matrix alloy is combined with a wear-r...