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Abrasive Tailings Transport

Installation of Pexgol Pipe for the Transport of Abrasive Tailings.

Estudo de Caso Nº

83

Cliente

Pirquitas Mine
Argentina

|

2015

Condições de Trabalho

Temperature: ambient | Pressure: 3 bar

Solução Pexgol

Pexgol 180 mm (6″), class 15

Aplicação

Tailing transport

Comprimento

2 m

Categorias

Installation of Pexgol Pipe for the Transport of Abrasive Tailings.

The Challenge

Pirquitas Mine, located in the north of the Argentine territory, required the transportation of abrasive slurry composed of quartz, iron, tin, zinc and lead minerals in a 2 meter section. The old rubber coated steel pipe that was intended for that line had failed due to excess of abrasion.

The use of coated steel or plastic pipe was evaluated.

Pexgol Solution

The client finally decided to install a Pexgol pipe due to its low roughness index and strength against the abrasion presented by the fluid to be transported.

Pexgol is currently has been working 6 times more than the rubber lined steel pipe would have been. Both options were similar in cost.
For the installation, no special tools were needed as the joints were flanged. Only two joins were made.

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