Why road‑milling picks fail: The steel body wears long before carbide tip is goneA laser‑printed ceramic wear layer solves asynchronous wear for cold planers & cold recyclers — so carbide tips get fully consumed before picks are discarded.01 The Hidden Cost of Premature Pick Replacement on Road‑Jobs
A 3D laser-printed ceramic wear layer that turns the soft steel tooth body into the hardest part of the pick. The body and the tungsten carbide tip now consume at the same rate — so you stop throwing away half-used carbide.
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NINGBO, Zhejiang, China — October 12, 2026 — Hengpu (Ningbo) Laser Technology Co., Ltd. today announced the release of its 3D laser-printed ceramic wear layer for engineering cutting picks, a technology designed to solve one of the industry's most expensive inefficiencies: the steel tooth body.