“The durability and wear life of the ConSpare plates are far superior to the previous OEM plates we used. Because of the extra wear life and reduced need for maintenance, I’ve just installed my next set of AlphaPlates. It’s great to have a product that you can rely on to last and pays for itself. ”
Maintenance Supervisor
A leading manufacturer producing concrete blocks using a 1.5m³ planetary mixer wanted to reduce the amount of maintenance carried out on the machine. The wear life achieved from the standard OEM grade floor plates was around two years before replacement plates were required. In 2008, we were invited in to see how we could help and our Process Improvement Engineer recommended upgrading the mixer floor plates to AlphaPlate.
AlphaPlate hardweld coated mixer wear plates
OEM standard grade plates lasted 2 years
AlphaPlate hardweld plates lasted 10 years. 5x the service life
Key Features
Highly abrasion-resistant hardweld coating. 64 Rockwell
Benefits
Whole life cost – payback equivalent to 2 years in product costs alone
Risk Reduction – less time spent in the mixer
Productivity – less downtime and increased productivity
REPLACED EVERY 12 WEEKS
STILL OPERATIONAL AFTER 140 WEEKS
CEMEX Widnes readymix plant installed ConeFlex chute liner 10 years ago and it's still operational and performing well.
CLEANING THE MIXER DISCHARGE CHUTE
STILL OPERATIONAL AND PERFORMING WELL
AND STILL IN OPERATION
ESTIMATED PRODUCT PAYBACK