Wear-plate seating and load-transfer shims
Wear plates and bars sit on irregular backing, so steel shims leave point contact that distorts the plate within a single shift.
What is failing
Wear plates and bars in chutes, crushers, and liners sit on backing that is rarely flat. Steel shims under them touch at a few points, so the plate flexes under impact and the unsupported span distorts. A plate that should ride out a campaign can bow within a single shift, and a deformed plate channels wear into the structure behind it.
How AAS does it
AAS pours a cold-cure compound into the gap between the plate and its backing so the plate beds across its full back face. The pour takes up the irregular surface and transfers impact load evenly into the host structure instead of through high points. No machining of the backing and no hot work in the chute or crusher. Our crew preps the steel, sets the plate, and a Belzona 7111-class chocking system seats it flat.
Typically applied with Belzona 7111, matched to the service conditions.
The wear plate seats flat with full-area backing, resists distortion under impact, and lasts its intended campaign without cutting or machining the host structure.
How AAS delivers it
AAS performs Wear-plate seating and load-transfer shims work for Steel, Mining & Bulk, and Manufacturing operations across Baton Rouge and Louisiana, cold-applied and in place wherever possible, on your turnaround schedule. Crews are factory-trained Belzona applicators, the repair system is matched to the service conditions it will see, and urgent failures are covered by 24-hour on-call response. The result is a permanent, engineered repair that returns the asset to service without the cost or downtime of full replacement.
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