KennametalIndustrial/Manufacturingsince 2020
Kennametal DED Drill Bit Hardfacing and Repair
Mining drill bit rebuild and hardfacing
Industrial/Manufacturing85% confidence
INDUSTRIAL/MANUFACTURING · PART PHOTO
Challenge
Drilling tool bits wear rapidly in hard-rock mining. Replacement bits cost thousands; disposal is environmentally wasteful.
Solution
Kennametal deploys DED hardfacing to rebuild worn drill bits with harder tungsten carbide alloys than the original — extending service life 2–3× and reducing new bit consumption.
Outcomes
- 0160% vs new bit replacement cost savings
Technologies
Directed Energy Deposition
Source
Deployed at Kennametal service centres globally
Cite this page
APA
AM Roadmap. (2020). Kennametal DED Drill Bit Hardfacing and Repair. AM Roadmap (v0.4.2-fixes-deployed). Retrieved 2026-05-17, from https://amroadmap.com/success-stories/kennametal-drill-repair-2020
BibTeX
@misc{amroadmap_kennametal_ded_drill_bit_hardfacing_and__2020,
title = {Kennametal DED Drill Bit Hardfacing and Repair},
author = {{AM Roadmap}},
year = {2020},
url = {https://amroadmap.com/success-stories/kennametal-drill-repair-2020},
note = {AM Roadmap dataset v0.4.2-fixes-deployed, accessed 2026-05-17}
}Canonical URL: https://amroadmap.com/success-stories/kennametal-drill-repair-2020