Protection systems

A wear part for a protection system, the wear part including:

• a first wear portion and a second wear portion extending from said first wear portion, said first wear portion having a mounting face adapted to engage a first face of a mount secured to a wear panel to be protected, and said second wear portion including a mounting face inclined to the mounting face of said first wear portion and adapted to engage a second face of said mount inclined to said first face of said mount;
• said first wear portion having two spaced apart side portions defining a space therebetween and one or more protuberances extending from each of said side portions towards the opposite side portion and spaced from said mounting face, said protuberances being adapted to engage complementary protuberances or recesses of the mount to which the wear part is to be fixed and configured such that the wear part can slide onto said mount from a disengaged position to an engaged position to locate the wear part on the mount;
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• said second wear portion having one or more passages extending therethrough, the one or more passages being adapted to receive respective bolts for locking the wear part to the mount.

A method of fixing a wear part to a mount including:

• providing a mount, a bolt and nut, and a wear part;
• said mount having a portion with a first face and a second face spaced from said first face and an elongate passage extending through said portion from said first face to said second face;
• said bolt having a head and a shank extending from said head;
• said wear part having a first face adapted to engage the first face of said mount and a second face adapted to bear against ore or spoil, and a bolt hole or recess extending from said first face to said second face and adapted to receive the shank of the bolt;
• said elongate passage being configured to allow entry of said bolt thereto and sliding movement of said bolt therealong to a predetermined position in a substantially perpendicular orientation relative to said elongate passage;
• entering said bolt in said elongate passage and sliding said bolt along said elongate passage to the predetermined position, fitting said wear part to said mount with the shank of said bolt extending through said bolt hole in said wear part and fitting a nut to the shank of said bolt.