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Stoody Hardfacing Leaders since 1927
Stoody is given credit for the creation of the term "hardfacing". Founded by two brothers in Southern California, the company has grown to be a world class supplier providing products to almost every major company in the world. Below you will find a brief history of some of the major contributions Stoody Company has made to the welding industry.
In 1921, Winston and Shelly Stoody opened the Stoody Welding Company in Whittier, California. The company focused on the repair of farm implements as well as tractor parts. However, the discovery of oil in nearby Sante Fe Springs created a whole new opportunity, the repair of worn drill bits.
In 1922, the brothers developed specialized materials aimed at extending the life of the drill bits by applying a wear resistant material to the cutting edges. This development created an industry nomenclature, which referred to Stoody Self-Hardening as "Stoody Rod".
In 1924 Stoody introduced the first cast welding rod called Stoodite®. This wear resistant chromium carbide alloy is still used today by those wanting to extend the life of many different components.
In 1927 one of the company's greatest accomplishments took place when they introduced their tungsten carbide rod known as Borium®. This was the first time in the history of hardfacing that tungsten carbide rod was used to extend the life of various oilfield parts. For the many years that followed, Borium was the hardest metal known to man.
During the years that followed, Stoody continued to expand their product offering and process forms. In the 1940's, the company opened its first foundry to help support the war effort. This led to the creation of the WRAP (Wear Resistant Alloy Parts) brand. This group of creative individuals quickly grew a very successful components business, which provided cobalt and nickel alloys to such industries as nuclear, marine, oil production, petrochemical and steel.
In 1946, the industry experienced the first application of the submerged arc process for overlaying and hardfacing equipment parts.
1955 saw the first development of small diameter open arc hardfacing wires, which tripled deposition rates over the older stick process.
In 1960 Stoody introduced the first fabricated stainless steel electrodes and wires. In 1968 the first stainless fabricated wire was introduced which required no shielding gas or flux - Stoody SOS wire.
In 1977, Stoody Company was the first to introduce continuous cast cobalt and nickel rods and electrodes. This process greatly improved the quality of the products over inferior sand and glass cast processes.
In 1991, the company was moved to Bowling Green KY. From this new central location, Stoody was better able to supply customers on both coasts with same day shipments.
For the past ten years, Stoody has invested heavily in our ability to fabricate and draw welding wires. Our new nickel and stainless steel manufacturing lines are the envy of the industry. Staffed with the industry's largest engineering staff, the company is positioned for many more years of growth.
Today Stoody is a brand of Thermadyne Industries, the world's largest supplier of welding, cutting and wear resistant materials. Thermadyne is headquartered in ST. Louis, MO.
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