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LINERS AND WEAR RESISTANCE
Davies wear side only EzyLock system was
chosen as the preferred attachment system for
the Roy Hill iron ore project in the Pilbara. it
enabled the use of much larger wear plates (up
to 1.8 m2) and significantly lower bolt intensity
than conventional studded systems which
reduced overall installation time. The wear side
only system also enabled closer mounting of
bins and reduced walkway infrastructure
fixed and mobile plant. The companies say: “this
innovation will enable major improvements in
wear liner maintenance productivity through
faster and safer ceramic wear liner change-outs.”
Rod Houston, CEO of Davies, said “We are
excited by the capability and track record of ACE
who like Davies have a
strong customer service
culture. At Davies we
have proven the
productivity benefits of
our wear side only
attachment system in
metallic wear plates,
with up to 50% less
labour costs, 80% less
downtime and no
external access
requirements. Our
partnership with ACE
now enables these
productivity and safety
benefits to be
introduced across the global ceramic wear liner
market. ”
ACE’s Managing Director, Mick Harris, stated:
“We are all very keen at ACE to finally offer these
exceptional products to our clients, the unique
combination of Davies innovative fixing system
and ACE’s dynamic ceramic supply and cutting
capability is a game changer for the industry. ”
Wear parts
FerryNod®, the ferrous alloy developed and
refined by Ferry Capitain, enables the
transmission of up to 10 MW per gear mesh in
open gearing applications due to a minimum
through-hardness of up to 360 BHN.
With a significantly shorter manufacturing lead
time than alternate materials, and consuming
less processing energy, FerryNod further
solidifies Ferry Capitain’s position amongst the
most competitive worldwide suppliers of open
gearing solutions for high-power applications.
Combi Wear Parts recently launched C-REX, a
new wear parts system, developed for excavators
weighing 12-45 t and wheel loaders weighing 1255 t.
“We have kept the best features from Combi
parts but we have made big improvements in CREX. For example, we have developed a unique
mechanical lock that has only one loose part to
make mounting and dismounting teeth so much
easier,” says Sacha de Bilderling, Sales Manager
at Combi Wear Parts.
C-REX was specially designed with a focus on
user friendliness and overall economy. For
example, the teeth are longer and have been
designed with a larger portion of wear material
than the teeth in Combi parts. C-REX is also less
sensitive to wear which means longer operation
time for the adapter, so users save costs in both
production and maintenance.
“We have been testing different concepts for a
new wear parts system over some time. We had
four basic criteria for the new system: improved
overall economy, user friendliness, functional
reliability and a climate-smart solution,” explains