In our last blog article, we told you how polyurethane is carving out a place for itself as a pipe sealing solution. We also discovered that this highly versatile material is the solution of choice when it comes to abrasion resistance.
Until recently, natural rubber was widely used for this purpose. However, polyurethane has proved its worth and offers considerable advantages.
It offers four major advantages.
- Time-saving during installation, as this material is made without molds. The coating is applied with a trowel; there’s no mold to create, no cutting and no waste of material, which represents a huge saving.
- Longer service life than rubber, which deteriorates relatively quickly.
- The elimination of pipe changes at the customer’s site, which means no production stoppages.
- Reduced planned downtime.
It’s important to bear in mind that every planned shutdown of a concentrator is very costly: it results in lost production, not to mention the cost of subcontractors who come to change the pipes, as well as the cost of the pipes and their lining.
We apply the polyurethane coating to the pipes in our factory. The customer then receives his pipes, now endowed with highly increased resistance.
Polyplast can also make arrangements with subcontractors to manufacture pipes according to the drawings and specifications supplied.
New at Polyplast!
Polyplast expands its facilities to optimize production of its solutions. This expansion will more than double the surface area and allow us to create even more solutions at once!
In addition, we have invested in a large-scale oven that will enable us to bake larger pieces. This oven can accommodate components of up to 343 ft3. These large parts can now be baked on site.
More and more possibilities
Thanks to this increase in production, Polyplast will be able, among other things, to create solutions for agitators and rock crushers, as well as other large-scale components for the mining sector by processing hot polyurethane.
This new state-of-the-art oven also makes it possible to work with the best polyurethane materials on the market. This addition opens the door to the production of a whole range of abrasion-resistant solutions, and consequently to a whole new market. Drop pipe liners, ballmill feed chutes, separators, cyclones and a host of other large components can be processed in the plant. These parts are subjected to a great deal of abrasion in the mines during rock processing, and throughout the process, right up to the fine dust stage, where it is then concentrated in the concentrators. A solution offering increased resistance is therefore the obvious choice.
Ore chutes are also put to the test and suffer considerable wear and tear. Polyplast created a polyurethane slide to take the rock to the crushing stage, and then on to another stage of processing the substance. The major abrasion problem of this component, which was originally made of steel, has been solved by the addition of thick polyurethane parts. This innovation probably more than doubled the lifespan of the slide.
New polyurethane technologies have also entered the market. These open up new possibilities for creating innovative, high-performance products and solutions that will change the game.
New industries
The addition of this furnace and the expansion of the plant could open doors to other industries. Take, for example, the wood-processing industry, which uses very large rolls.
Demand for these solutions comes mainly from companies in the mining sector, but could also come from manufacturers of mining equipment, so that their components already incorporate polyurethane parts when delivered to their customers. The mining industry introduces our solutions to manufacturers, who then call on us to add even more durability and reliability to their machinery.
On the road to the future
Polyplast and its solutions are making headway in the industry.
Curious about how polyurethane can optimize your business?
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