Your Hopper Shouldn’t Be a Maintenance Project

Steel hoppers and chutes take a beating.

Aggregate, sand, stone and other abrasive materials continuously slide, impact and scrape against their surfaces. Eventually, operators are dealing with worn steel, material buildup, patch repairs and another maintenance shutdown.

But replacing worn steel with more steel isn't always the best answer.

Look at the wear point, not just the equipment

Polyurethane liners can provide a sacrificial wear surface between the material and the equipment itself.

Depending on the application, they can help:

• Reduce abrasion on the underlying steel

• Absorb impact

• Reduce material adhesion and buildup

• Extend maintenance intervals

• Make worn sections easier to replace

  
  

This is especially useful in hoppers, chutes, transfer points and other high-wear material-handling areas.

Recent industry examples show why plants are paying more attention to liner design: easier-to-replace wear liners can reduce maintenance labour, downtime and the need for difficult work inside chutes.

Don't wait until you see a hole

A good maintenance question is simple:

Where are we repeatedly welding, patching or replacing steel?

Those locations may be candidates for a different wear solution.

At Bourdin Industrial, we supply Polytec wear-resistant polyurethane solutions for demanding industrial applications.

If you have a hopper, chute or transfer point that wears too quickly, send us a photo, drawing and dimensions.

We can look at whether polyurethane could provide a better solution.

Sometimes the best way to protect steel is to stop the material from touching it.