Method of accelerated industrial testing of hydroabrasive wear of polymer coatings of steel pipes

Abstract

The article is devoted to the discussion of the problem of choosing a protective coating for the inner walls of the slurry pipeline of mining enterprises. For the correct choice among the many polymer coatings, it is necessary to test various coatings for water-jet wear. Standardized test methods are not entirely suitable for assessing the durability of coatings in a specific production environment, they do not take into account the nature of the slurry flow, temperature, etc. Solid inclusions of a different particle size and chemical composition are often used in ready-made and published studies, which makes them irrelevant for mining specialists. Often, for a comparative assessment of the wear resistance of various coatings, enterprises conduct their own industrial tests for hydroabrasive wear, in which they recreate the same granulometric composition of the pulp and its concentration. However, they come with a significant investment of time and energy. The article proposes to use a method of accelerated wear testing based on a comparison of the wear of a straight section of a pipeline and a shaped one in the form of a rotary insert at an angle of 90°.