ABSTRACT
Engineering ceramics have a growing application potential for the wear-protection of working parts of extraction, processing, conveying, and dust collection equipment and piping systems in mining and mineral industries. The alumina, zirconia, alumina-zirconia, and silicon carbide-based ceramics developed and manufactured by Ceramic Protection Corporation (CPC) are reviewed. These ceramics have high hardness and other mechanical properties, excellent wear- and corrosion resistance at wet or dry working conditions, at high velocity and turbulence of transported materials, high pressure and cavitation. They provide significantly longer life cycle than many other materials widely used in the mining and mineral processing. The ceramic components may be manufactured in accordance with the customer design and requirement as monolithic bodies, including the bodies with the complicated shapes, and as tiles. The wear test results and the factors effected wear resistance are discussed. The range of products and applications in the mining and mineral industries are reviewed.
