Postle Industries, Inc

5500 West 164th Street

Cleveland, Ohio 44142
216-265-9000 Fax: 216-265-9030
sparky@postle.com
www.hardbandingsolutions.com

Duraband® NC
Duraband® NC is manufactured by Postle Industries, Cleveland, Ohio, USA…in business over 40 years. Our
primary focus is the development of welding alloys and procedures to prevent wear in many industries
including construction, mining, agriculture and many more. Specific to the drilling industry, we have developed
hardbanding products that are extremely reliable and designed to prevent wear on casing and tool joints.
Our focus is Non-Cracking Hardband Alloys. Our Website is www.hardbandingsolutions.com
Duraband® NC provides the ideal balance of Tool Joint Protection, Casing Wear Protection and Re-application
Capability. Duraband is 100% rebuildable and non-cracking. It is the most versatile product for re-application.
Supported by over 200 Applicators worldwide. Because of its success, Duraband® NC is being used around
the world – South America, North America, Middle East, Canada, Europe and Russia, Africa, Southeast Asia,
New Zealand and Australia and China

Provided that procedures are followed, Duraband applies 100% crack-free. It is a metal-cored, gas shielded
welding wire. Hardband weld deposits are smooth….free of slag and porosity. Duraband is very easy to apply
on new drill pipe, as well as re-application over itself.
It has been independently tested by both Fearnley Procter and TH Hill for re-application over other products as
well.

Two layers of Duraband one layer of Duraband

 Duraband is Non-Cracking

Duraband® NC is casing friendly, and has been engineered for maximum performance. It is applied
crack-free, increasing protection of the casing and offering maximum life to the tool joint.

From the Duraband Procedure Manual - Duraband is applied crack free or it does not ship.
Duraband NC was the first product that was designed for drill pipe that must be applied crack free.
In other words, at the drill pipe manufacturer, such as RDT, Vallourec(Vam), TCS Drill Pipe or Grant
Prideco, our procedures do not allow cracks. Any crack is an automatic rejection. All drill pipe is
treated equally.

Duraband® NC is applied crack-free – No Stress-Cracks - 100% Rebuildable

 The process of Hardbanding with Duraband® NC is very easy and future re-application costs
are much lower.
 Two layers of Duraband are possible
 For re-application Duraband on Duraband, removal is not required.
 Duraband® NC can be rebuilt over and over.
 Duraband®NC is crack-free. Abrasive materials cannot collect in the cracks and cause wear on
the casing.
 Duraband®NC, applied crack-free, minimizes critical sites for sour gas problems.

 300XT – no longer supported by NS-1 Certification

 300XT shows a heavy cracking pattern.
 Leads to spalling and lifting of the hardband, as well as unusual erosion patterns.
 Spalling could result in casing damage
 Cracking pattern in 300XT allows abrasives, drilling fluids and sulfur gas to become trapped
under the 300XT hardband.
 Severe spalling and chipping of 300XT results in re-application sooner than expected.
 Re-applications are difficult, usually requiring the 300XT to be removed…increasing the cost of
re-application by 300 to 400%
 Testing

Postle Industries uses independent laboratories and testing facilities, as well as customer field testing to
confirm data and properties and verify results. While we have our own facilities where we continually conduct
research, we rely on outside testing.

Casing Wear Tests from Mohr Engineering

Mohr Engineering, Houston, Texas, is the only company that can conduct an independent casing wear test -
recognized by the API.

Included with this document are casing wear results of Duraband versus Arnco 300XT, independently tested
by Mohr Engineering using T95 and Q125 casing material.

T95 Casing - 3000 lb side load Hardband Hardband

Duraband Arnco
Material NC 300XT
Testing Procedure T95 Casing T95 Casing
Hall Wear Factor 1.41 1.08
Normalized Casing Wear (%) 7.41 7.14

T95 Casing - 7000 lb side load

Water Based Mud
Hardband

Material Duraband NC
Casing Material T95 Casing
Side Load 7000 lbs
Hall Wear Factor 1.04
Normalized Casing Wear (%) 10.66

Q125 Casing - 5000 lb side

load Hardband
Duraband
Material NC
Q125
Testing Procedure Casing
Hall Wear Factor 0.79
Normalized Casing Wear (%) 6.78
Fearnley Procter NS-1
Postle has made the commitment to submit Duraband to Fearnley Procter for an independent review of our
product and procedure. At the end of the review and testing, assuming all criteria are satisfied, Fearnley
issues an NS-1 Certificate of Approval. The procedures used in our manual are independently tested and
verified

NS-1 Approvals
 Initial application of Duraband on new drill pipe.
 Re-Application of Duraband® NC over Duraband® NC
 Re-application of Duraband over SmoothX®
 Re-application of Duraband over TCS® Ti
 Re-application of Duraband over TCS8000®
 Re-application of Duraband over 100XT – Currently under assessment

TH Hill Associates
We have also done extensive testing with TH Hill for the application of Duraband over other products.

Individual reports are available upon request