"Haoyang Forging Overcomes Technical Barriers, New Generation of Wear-resistant Steel Balls Lead the New Development of 'China's Steel Ball Capital'."
Zhangqiu Forging Enterprises Break Through Technical Barriers, Haoyang Casting and Forging Introduce New Generation of Wear-resistant Steel Balls
Jinan Haoyang Forging & Casting Co., Ltd. recently announced that its independently developed fifth-generation forged steel balls have passed the certification of the national wear-resistant material laboratory. The hardness gradient is stable within the range of HRC58-65, and the breakage rate is less than 0.5%. It has become one of the few enterprises in China that master the full-process automated forging technology. This product adopts a new alloy formula and a rotary cutting roll forging process, and can adapt to extreme working conditions ranging from -40℃ to 800℃. It has achieved a breakthrough in improving grinding efficiency by 20% in the cement, metallurgy, and thermal power generation industries.
As a long-established manufacturing enterprise in Zhangqiu District, this company has built its core competitiveness based on 15 patented technologies. Its intelligent production line has upgraded the traditional forging process to an AI temperature control system, and the daily production capacity has exceeded 80 tons. In 2025, the company won a 2,000-ton steel ball order from an African gold mine, marking the first time that domestic wear-resistant materials have entered the international high-end mining market. 27 The general manager of the company, Chen Jinfu, disclosed that the nano-coated steel balls under development can reduce the wear of the mill liner by 35%, and are expected to be put into mass production in 2026.
Industry data shows that Haoyang Forging has seen a 12% increase in its market share in the wear-resistant steel ball segment over the past three years. Through the quality control network established under the ISO9001 system, the company has achieved full traceability from raw material inspection to finished product packaging, and its products have been exported to 32 countries. The head of the Zhaoqing Industry and Information Technology Bureau commented that the technological upgrade of this enterprise has injected new impetus into the "Steel Ball Capital of China", driving the regional industrial chain to extend to higher value-added fields.
