The average life of a mold is 50 plus welds depending on the care and treatment it receives. The maximum wear on a mold takes place at the mold openings due to forcing the mold shut over “out-of-round” conductors, hitting and then chipping openings with ends of conductors, etc. To increase the mold life, “Wear Plates” can be factory installed around the mold openings. They can be supplied for all molds for cable sizes; 1/0 AWG through 500 MCM and Copper-Clad cable 7/#10 through 19/#6. To order, simply add the suffix “-W” to the mold catalog number such as M-241-W.
| Weld Type |
Number Wear Plates Req’d |
|---|---|
| AC-1 | 1 |
| AC-2 | 2 |
| ACR-1 | 1 |
| ACR-2 | 2 |
| CB-1 | 1 |
| CB-2 | 2 |
| Weld Type |
Number Wear Plates Req’d |
|---|---|
| CS-1 | 1 |
| CS-2 | 2 |
| CS-3 | 1 |
| CS-4 | |
| CS-6 | 1 |
| CB-33 | 1 |
| Weld Type |
Number Wear Plates Req’d |
|---|---|
| CC-1 | 2 |
| CC-2 | 3 |
| CC-6 | |
| CC-7 | 4 |
| CC-11 |
| Weld Type |
Number Wear Plates Req’d |
|---|---|
| CR-1 | 1 |
| CR-2 | 2 |
| CR-3 | |
| CRE-3 | |
| CRE-4 |
Wear Plates was last modified: January 8th, 2026 by