Please use surface coatings instead of liners. Surface coatings are easier to apply, will give the same performance or better than a liner, and cost less.

My preferred vendor is Wisconsin Protective Coatings Corp.. They sell their coatings by trade name Plasite.

Hope it helps,

A. T. Agarwal

Consultant

Pneumatic Conveying Consultants

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Bonch,

Please can you clarify what you are hoping to achieve by using a low friction liner in your particular application?

If you are aiming to improve drain down efficiency in a core/funnel flow bin - then a surface coating might help you since the contact stresses will probably be quite low (although you have not mentioned what your particulate solids actually is!). The nature of you bulk particulate will be a critical factor in formulating the correct, engineered, approach.

Generally, we would steer away from coated finishes if you are trying to obtain mass flow - since durability is often an issue when flow at the walls is established and maintained over an extended service period. Again, the nature of your application and bulk particulate would indicate the most cost effective route forward.

If you can provide some additional details, it may be possible to give a more helpful response to your question.

Regards

Richard Farnish

The Wolfson Centre for Bulk Solids Handling Technology, Univ.Greenwich, London, UK

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