Wear tip for rotary mineral breaker

A wear tip for use in the rotor of a centrifugal mineral breaker, the rotor having discharge ports through each of which mineral material is ejected forming a discharge path, the wear tip comprising:

• a carrier having a longitudinal dimension, a forward face, a following face generally parallel to said forward face, an inward face generally perpendicular to said forward and following faces, a middle plane disposed in generally parallel relation to said forward and following faces, and at least two wear edges each for disposition transversely to the discharge path of the mineral material being ejected out of the rotor, said inward face having a longitudinally extending groove between said first and second wear edges, said at least two wear edges including a first wear edge disposed at the intersection of said forward face and said inward face, and a second wear edge disposed at the intersection of said following face and said inward face, said wear edges each having a wear face and a recess in said wear face, and said middle plane bisecting said carrier into a forward half and a following half, said forward and following halves forming mirroring symmetrical halves of said carrier about said middle plane, and
• an insert of abrasion resistant material disposed in each said recess, said insert having an outer wear surface, an arcuate inner surface, and a cross-sectional profile in a plane generally in parallel alignment with said longitudinal dimension, said outer wear surface generally in planar alignment with said wear face, and said cross-sectional profile having an arcuate inner edge defined by said arcuate inner surface.