Conveniently interlocked Linard® modular anti-abrasion panels with ceramic and chromium white iron inserts can be replaced individually in as little as four minutes. 

Developed by Weir Minerals’ expert engineers and inspired by our customers’ everyday pain points, Linard® modular anti-abrasion panels provide a cost-effective and convenient solution for reducing downtime caused by high impact and abrasive wear in mines and quarries. 

Available in 30mm and 50mm thickness, Linard® modular anti-abrasion panels are ideally suited to minimising wear and maintenance in localised impact and wear points. The outstanding wear life is owed to the wear material: Linard® HD60 rubber in a rigid self-sealing construction with steel backing. The optional composite ceramic (92% alumina) or high-chromium white iron inserts add to the extraordinary wear life of the panels.

“Our new Linard panels have been designed from the ground up to last in some of the most arduous wear applications. Depending on the customer’s needs, we offer composite panels with either ceramic or high chromium white iron inserts, which combined with our Linard® HD60 rubber compound to deliver world-class impact and abrasion resistance in chutes, hoppers and under-pans,” says Mark Doyle, Global Product Manager – Rubber, Spool and Hose for Weir Minerals.

Optimised through comprehensive trials in the only lab that matters – real mine site applications, this product outperforms the competition time and again. Linard® modular anti-abrasion panels improved wear life by ten times replacing a competitor’s teflon wear panels in chutes across two quarries run by Boral Australia, saving more than AU $12,000 per annum in direct costs and achieving significant uptime increases due to a 90% reduction in shutdowns.

The 300mm2 panels interlock to facilitate quick and easy installation and replacement, while reducing the potential for fine material to ingress between the panels. Linard® modular anti-abrasion panels are supplied in a convenient kit including a range of hold down plugs, and capability to supply drawn arc studs where needed to provide a convenient off the shelf but customisable solution to the application.

“Our engineers can replace these panels in minutes, reducing the amount of time they need to spend in chutes and other confined spaces. They are a bolt in bolt out solution and being modular, they’re easy to fit onto any flat surface that requires extra protection. This also makes it easy to swap around composite and standard panels to ensure the highest wear areas are the best protected,” says Paul Duthy, Wear Solutions Product Manager, Weir Minerals.

Weir Minerals Africa