Interlocking Wear-Resistant Panel System

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2017355526-A1
Application number	US-201615537922-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jan 14, 2016
Priority date	Jan 19, 2015
Publication date	Dec 14, 2017
Grant date	—

Abstract

A wear panel for mining and materials handling applications is provided. The wear panel includes a housing matrix ( 1 ) with a top surface ( 2 ), a bottom surface ( 3 ) opposite the top surface ( 2 ) and at least one cavity ( 4 ) with cavity walls ( 5 ). The cavity ( 4 ) extends through the top surface ( 2 ) and the bottom surface ( 3 ). The wear panel also includes at least one wear-resistant member ( 6 ) with a preformed shape. The at least one wear-resistant member ( 6 ) has a top surface ( 7 ) and a bottom surface ( 8 ) opposite the top surface ( 7 ). The wear-resistant members ( 6 ) are disposed in the cavity ( 4 ) and are locked into place by their preformed shape and the cavity walls ( 5 ).

First claim

1 . A wear panel comprising:
a non-deformable housing matrix having a top surface, a bottom surface opposite said top surface and at least one cavity having cavity walls, said cavity extending through said top surface said bottom surface, said cavity walls having a dimension throughout their depth; at least one wear-resistant member having a preformed tapered shape corresponding to the dimension of said cavity walls and having a top surface, a bottom surface opposite said top surface, the at least one wear-resistant member comprising a ceramic; said wear-resistant member being disposed in said cavity and being locked into place by its preformed tapered shape and said cavity walls.

2 . (canceled)

3 . (canceled)

4 . (canceled)

5 . The wear panel of claim 1 , wherein said non-deformable housing matrix is comprised of an iron.

6 . The wear panel of claim 1 , wherein at least a portion of said top surface of said wear-resistant member protrudes from said top surface said housing matrix.

7 . The wear panel of claim 1 , wherein the horizontal cross-section of at least one of said wear-resistant members is substantially rectangular.

8 . The wear panel of claim 1 , wherein the horizontal cross-section of at least one of said wear-resistant members is hexagonal.

9 . The wear panel of claim 1 , wherein said housing matrix is further comprised of a bore, said bore extending through said non-deformable housing matrix.

10 . The wear panel of claim 9 , wherein said wear panel is attached to equipment with at least one attaching means disposed in said bore.

11 . The wear panel of claim 1 , wherein the wear-resistant member is locked into place without force fitting the wear-resistant member into the cavity.

Assignees

• Smidth As F L

Inventors

• Baric Zdenko
• Stead Rodney James

Classifications

• B32B3/266

  characterised by an apertured layer, the apertures going through the whole thickness of the layer, e.g. expanded metal, perforated layer, slit layer regular cells B32B3/12 · CPC title

• B65G11/166 Primary

  for bulk · CPC title

• B32B2607/00

  Walls, panels · CPC title

• B32B2315/02

  Ceramics · CPC title

• B32B9/041

  of metal · CPC title