New Epoxy Resin System from Weicon for Wear Protection
With Weicon WPG-19, Weicon has developed a new wear protection system for industrial applications that protects surfaces from erosion and abrasion caused by the impact of coarse particles.
Weicon WPG-19 is a fiber-reinforced, ceramic-filled, two-component epoxy resin system. The gray coating contains ceramic spheres up to two millimeters in size and was developed to protect surfaces exposed to impacts from coarse particles. The trowel-applicable system is viscoelastic, highly impact-resistant, and highly resistant to abrasion. It serves as wear protection in industrial applications and is used to coat and line various surfaces and components in industrial plants. WPG-19 is used, for example, to protect channels, bends, hoppers, troughs, chutes, and many other process equipment components that are exposed to abrasion and impact. The term “plastic steel” refers to epoxy resin systems consisting of two components: a resin and a hardener. Depending on the type, the resin component is mixed with steel or aluminum powder, or mineral fillers, which improve technical properties such as compressive strength and thermal conductivity.
Plastic-Steel for Industrial Applications
These epoxy resin systems are suitable for a wide variety of tasks across different industrial sectors. For example, plastic steel can be used in industrial mass production for bonding, coatings, wear protection, and for quick and durable repairs to various materials. After mixing the two components, Plastic-Steel cures at room temperature into a solid, metal-like material that can be machined. The material can be drilled, milled, ground, or filed, as needed. Plastic Steel WPG-19 can be used in many industrial applications, such as pumps, screw housings and screw conveyor systems, friction plates, wood chip and transport blowers, pulverization systems, centrifuges, separators, chutes, hoppers, containers, dust filter systems, fly ash filters, and exhaust fans.
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