Wear resistant coating
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- US · United States
- Patent Type
- Applications(United States)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- BRENCO SURFACE ENG PTY LTD
- Publication Date
- 2019-09-19
- Estimated Expiration
- Not applicable · inactive patent
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Abstract
Description
[0001] This application is a Continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 15 / 223,540, filed 29 Jul. 2016, which application is incorporated herein by reference. To the extent appropriate, a claim of priority is made to the above disclosed application.FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] This invention relates to wear and galling resistant coatings. The invention has application to a broad range of abrasive environments, but has particular application to environments that are abrasive and corrosive.BACKGROUND
[0003] In the course of extracting valuable minerals from a mined ore, the ore goes through a number of different processing stages. In the case of some nickel-containing ores, the preferred processing route involves high pressure acid leaching (HPAL) in autoclaves.
[0004] The ore is ground to provide a particle size that is suitable for processing and is then formed into a slurry by the addition of recycled process water. The slurry is supplied to an autoclave where sulfuric acid is added. The ...