Conferences
If you want to stay at the top of your game, you need to keep learning. Solids offers a comprehensive programme to help you keep your knowledge up to date. Take advantage of countless tips and tricks to give your business a boost, with advice from renowned speakers and specialists. They’ll also bring your knowledge up to speed on the latest trends. Choose from a carefully curated programme of seminars and sign up for your favourites.
When wear is not the main cause: lessons from failure analysis and the repair of solids handling equipment
Excessive wear in solids handling equipment is often attributed to inadequate material properties. The usual response is to use a harder material, apply hardfacing or replace the damaged component. In practice, however, such measures do not always result in a longer service life and may even introduce new failure mechanisms.
This presentation discusses two real-world industrial cases in which the damage observed initially appeared to indicate a classic wear problem. Through a combination of in-field inspections, non-destructive testing, metallurgical analysis and technical assessment, underlying factors were identified that could not be deduced from the visual damage patterns alone.
The case studies illustrate how process conditions, material selection and repair practices can influence one another and collectively determine the degradation of plant. They demonstrate why the visible damage pattern does not necessarily correspond to the actual cause of failure. Particular attention is paid to translating research findings into practical decisions regarding repair welding, material selection and service life extension.
Our partner BEMAS will be hosting two excellent sessions at Solids Antwerp.
In the first session, they will take an in-depth look at ATEX and the key safety considerations in potentially explosive atmospheres. They will also be hosting a session on Maintenance Strategy (Mainnovation), focusing on innovation and forward-looking insights for maintenance and industrial processes.
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