Mining wear and corrosion test facility

Which factors contribute to mining equipment wear and what is their influence? How can equipment owners and operators maintain their performance capabilities for longer periods of time?

At the NRC’s mining wear and corrosion test facility, our experts collaborate with you to answer those questions, along with an abundance of other equipment challenges faced by the mining industry.

Our services

  • ASTM standard wear tests
  • Non-standard wear tests using custom-built equipment, including: erosion, erosion-corrosion, abrasion-corrosion, impeller-in-drum impact abrasion, high-stress, high-temperature abrasion tests and comprehensive characterization of elastomers for wear applications
  • Weld cladding and wire-arc additive manufacturing for mining wear reduction and maintenance, repair and operations in mining

Equipment

  • Slurry jet erosion tester: slurry erosion resistance test, impingement angles 10° to 90°; temperatures up to 60°C
  • Coriolis scouring erosion tester: low angle (<5°) slurry erosion test, temperatures up to 60 °C
  • Slurry pot erosion-corrosion tester: erosion-corrosion (E-C) performance and E-C synergism following the ASTM G119 standard guide
  • Large particle erosion tester: erosion test in slurries containing erodent particles up to 5.6mm, impingement angle up to 85°, RT-60 °C
  • Falex abrasive wear tester: ASTM standard tests: G65, G105, B611
  • Miller slurry abrasion tester: ASTM G75 standard test, modified procedures for grinding media wear test and abrasion-corrosion synergy study
  • Jaw crusher gouging abrasion tester: ASTM G81 standard test
  • Air jet erosion tester: ASTM G76 standard test
  • Amsler twin disk tester: rolling contact abrasion (RCA), fatigue, wear, and railway lubricant evaluations
  • Bond abrasion index tester: impeller-in-drum or impeller tumbler, bond abrasion index test, and impact abrasion test with ~1” gravel/rocks
  • Ultrasonic cavitation erosion tester: ASTM G32 standard cavitation erosion test
  • Pilot-scale grinding mill: 24” diameter x 36" long designed for studying wear and corrosion in grinding mills
  • Bond work index (standard ball) Mill: determining the Bond Work Index, dry mill grinding wear testing
  • Weld cladding and wire-arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) systems
    • 6-axis robotic motion control with synchronized 3-axis positioning system
    • Numerically controlled welding unit
    • Twin-wire gas metal arc welding unit with cold metal transfer (CMT) technology
    • Tandem hot-wire MIG unit
  • Digital image correlation (DIC) unit: processing distortion monitoring
  • High-speed imaging system with laser illumination: metal transfer monitoring during welding
  • Mechanical testing system (MTS): testing mechanical properties of materials

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Contact us

Jimmy Jiang,
Program Technical Leader
Telephone: 604-221-3107
Email: jiaren.jiang@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca

Elena Di Francesco, ing., MBA,
Business Development Director (acting)
Telephone: 514-496-5297
Email: elena.difrancesco@cnrc-nrc.gc.ca

Yves Quenneville,
Business Development Officer
Telephone: 514-496-8507
Email: yves.quenneville@cnrc-nrc.gc.ca

Targeted industries

Mining equipment owners
and operators

Location

  • Vancouver, British Columbia

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