Ceramic smart impact panel
AssigneeCeramic Technology, Inc.
InventorsLee R. OSBORNE, William FARLEY, Stephane GUERCHON
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Abstract
An impact panel for protecting mining equipment may include a plurality of ceramic tiles affixed to a base plate. The impact panel may further include at least one fixing hole disposed within the plurality of ceramic tiles and the base plate with a metal frame disposed around an outer peripheral edge of the plurality of ceramic tiles that is also affixed to the base plate. The impact panel may have at least one plug disposed inside the at least one fixing hole to seamlessly cover the at least one fixing hole. The panels may also be wired with sensors that will communicate with process control circuits allowing data collection on remote process and remote mining equipment
Claims21
An impact panel comprising:
- a plurality of ceramic tiles affixed to a base plate;
- at least one fixing hole disposed within the plurality of ceramic tiles and the base plate;
- a metal frame disposed around an outer peripheral edge of the plurality of ceramic tiles and affixed to the base plate;
- and
- at least one plug configured to be inserted into the at least one fixing hole, wherein
- the at least one plug is inserted into the at least one fixing hole to seamlessly cover the at least one fixing hole.
An impact panel comprising:
- a plurality of tiles affixed to a base plate;
- and
- a sensor disposed in a surface of the impact panel configured to measure a wear condition of the impact panel.
A method for installing a ceramic impact panel sensor and monitoring a wear condition of the ceramic impact panel, the method comprising:
- sealing a sensor and wiring inside a coupling using a pipe plug to protect the sensor and the wiring during transport;
- removing the pipe plug;
- attaching the wiring to a wireless transmitter;
- attaching the wireless transmitter to the coupling;
- and
- remotely monitoring a wear condition of the impact panel by a remote monitoring device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.