An Engineer's Guide to Wear

Wear is often accepted as an inevitable cost of operation, but it doesn’t have to be. From aerospace actuators and hydraulic shafts to pumps and downhole tools, wear silently reduces performance, shortens component life and drives up maintenance costs. An Engineer’s Guide to Wear exposes the true impact of wear in critical systems and explains why traditional responses like material upgrades or legacy coatings often fall short.

This guide explores the mechanisms behind wear, the conditions that accelerate it, and the strategies engineers can use to prevent failure. You’ll discover how advanced coatings like Hardide CVD tungsten carbide are reshaping the boundaries of durability, delivering up to 24× the wear resistance of hard chrome. We provide practical, engineering-led insights to help you make smarter surface protection decisions.