Mineral processing

Anti-wear solutions for mineral processing: classification, separation, and transport SARO

In mineral processing, wear primarily affects the stages where material is received, conveyed, classified, separated, and stored. In these plants, minerals, fines, and abrasive materials stress transfer points, passage surfaces, and all areas where flow changes direction or concentrates.

A primary critical area concerns the reception of material and initial transfers, where hoppers, chutes, and discharge points are subject to impact, abrasion, and buildup.

A second area concerns classification and separation, where material must be regularly distributed to screens, classifiers, cyclones, and other processing systems. In these steps, protection of the most exposed surfaces and components contributes to both plant longevity and process stability.

Particular attention is also required for lines intended for sludge, slurries, and highly abrasive materials, where curves, fittings, internal surfaces, and conveying sections are subjected to continuous wear.

Downstream of the process, the internal transport, storage, loading, and unloading phases also represent critical areas. Belt conveyors, hoppers, diverters, drop points, and discharges from silos or stockpiles are indeed subject to progressive wear and require solutions tailored to the actual operating conditions.

Alongside these applications are dust extraction and management systems, present in various sections of the plant and important for the operational continuity of the lines.

In this framework, SARO offers anti-wear solutions for mineral processing with applications dedicated to points where material generates greater wear and greater flow instability.

SARO can intervene in particular on:

• Chutes and transfer points
• conveying and distributing surfaces for material
• curves, fittings, and sections subject to abrasion
• Lines for fine, slurry, and abrasive materials
• Storage, loading, unloading, and suction systems

The value of SARO is concentrated in the areas where wear affects component life and process regularity, with solutions designed based on the actual operating conditions of the plant.