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Our UTP Portfolio – Proven under the toughest conditions

2 September 2024 | 

As part of our UTP brand update, we have also revised our product portfolio to meet the needs of our customers. Our products protect metal surfaces from wear and corrosion, and with 70 years of experience, we deliver what we promise: Surface Protection tailored to your needs.

To understand why we have adjusted the UTP portfolio, it is worth looking at the big picture within our voestalpine group. A clear and unambiguous link between category brands and product programs offers our partners and customers an important advantage, namely an easy and understandable selection of the right product for each application.

With our product policy, we pursue the goal of bringing together the most important areas of competence represented by individual category brands for the benefit of our customers. 

With regard to our UTP brand, we would like to give you a quick overview of all product categories and the new naming structure within the portfolio, so that you can find the right products for your specific applications and requirements.

The following products are combined under the UTP brand

  • Consumables for Surface Protection
    • WEAR
    • Corrosion
  • Nickel based filler materials for cladding
  • Special alloys for surfacing copper and cast iron
  • Filler metals for electroslag cladding (ESSC) and submerged arc strip cladding and cladding heads

Thanks to our streamlining of the product groups, there is no longer any overlap in the portfolios of the “Böhler Welding” and “UTP” brands.

The naming structure for Surface Protection products

The product names in the Surface Protection area receive a new and unambiguous name structure that is assigned to the process. The new naming structure is intended to simplify product selection and replaces the old name structure. The so-called Surface Protection product family will receive a new and unique name positioning.

The new WEAR protection family

The naming system for Surface Protection

WEARstick
  • All covered electrodes for wear protection
WEARtig
  • All TIG rods for wear protection
WEARmig
  • All Solid Wires for wear protection
WEARcore
  • All gas folded flux-cored wires for wear protection
WEARcore x-O
  • All self-shielded folded flux-cored wires for wear protection 
WEARcore x-M
  • All self-shielded folded flux-cored spraying wires (spraying without fusion) for wear & corrosion protection
WEARcore x-MF
  • All cored wires for arc spraying with subsequent melting wear and corrosion protection
WEARmig x-S
  • All submerged arc solid wires for wear protection
WEARcore x-S
  • All submerged arc cored wires for wear protection

Additional name abbreviations indicate the area of application

Multi-purpose Dur
  • The name addition DUR stands for standard wear protection products
Extreme abrasion XD
  • The name addition XD stands for products for extreme wear protection
Tool steels Tool
  • The name addition Tool stands for products for tool steel applications
Cobalt alloys Co
  • The name addition Co stands for products for cobalt alloys applications
Self-shielded O
  • The name addtition O stands for self-shielding products
Spraying M
  • The name addition M stands for products for spraying without melting
MF
  • The name addition MF stands for products for spraying with subsequent melting
SAW S
  • The name addition S stands for solid and cored wires for submerged arc welding

The following product groups will not receive a name change for the time being:

  • Submerged arc welding fluxes
  • Strips and fluxes for strip cladding
  • Seamless cored wires of the UTP robotic range
  • Powders for thermal spraying

The new approach for corrosion protection and special applications

The Corrosion Protection family includes two main areas: products for nickel cladding and the second area, strip cladding. The nickel cladding products are a comprehensive product portfolio for various cladding processes: SMAW, GMAW, GTAW, FCAW and also SAW for corrosion protection of various components. The well-known product names from UTP and Thermanit will remain unchanged.

The second major area is strip cladding with our well-known portfolio of strips and fluxes for electroslag strip cladding.

For more information about our UTP-portfolio, please refer to our welding consumables catalog or contact us directly. 

Welding Consumables Catalogue
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