Vertical Panels

I have now worked with Wear-Con for approximately 12 years on various problems and issues we’ve experienced in our cement manufacturing plant. The very first time I talked with them about an issue, they offered the correct solution for our problem. They are always forthcoming in helping me to try to solve problems we’re experiencing at the plant. Also, everyone that I have ever talked to from Wear-Con is pleasant to deal with and friendly.”

Area Leader for Midwest cement plant. This Midwest cement plant was continually having to replace chrome carbide overlay wear plating in two high-wear areas in their two Vertical Atox 50 Raw Mills—the curved walls and the separator vanes—where a constant barrage of pulverized raw material (limestone, clay, sand, and mill scale) catches up in the air draft and literally sandblasts both the walls and the vanes resulting in severe airborne sliding abrasion.

Due to this abrasion on the walls, his maintenance team was having to replace the decimated 2’x4’x1/2” chrome carbide overlay plate by cutting out the bad and welding in the new every two weeks. The process usually took three people, at $24 per hour per worker, all day to replace one 2’x4’ piece of plate. In addition, the chrome carbide overlay plate was costing approximately $1500 per piece. His maintenance team performed this repair on normal PM days designed for mill maintenance. Both manpower and material drained a lot of resources.

The main goal was to get a product that lasted longer than two weeks in these curved walls of the Vertical Atox 50 Raw Mill. April 2013 is when Wear-Con’s SHC800 Panels were introduced as the solution to his problem. That job cost $17,500.00 to cover an area that was 9’ wide by 11’ tall. Wear-Con’s solution consisted of fifty 13 ¾”x17 ¾” x ¾” and eight 13 ¾”x8 ¾”x ¾” custom cast into a curve SHC800 Wear Panels that were all RubberLine backed for cushion and bolted into place with two bolts.