Rapp-it is suitable on air, water and slurry pipework, as well as cyclone feeds and leach lines found widely throughout gold mines.
SCOPE
The customer advised the pipe mainly consisted of water with a small amount of fine ore particles (i.e. gold / copper) that were being sent back to the processing plant after the excess rubbish had been removed. The ore was very abrasive, and a small hole had worn out the pipe before the valve. Shutting down the gold plant to replace the pipe would have been costly. Using Rapp-it, the mine could now continue operations until a scheduled maintenance time could be arranged.
SOLUTION
The customer roughened and cleaned the damaged area of the pipe before applying Rapp-it Steel Putty over the hole. Then they applied a Rapp-it Pipe Repair Bandage (100mm x 9m) to the pipe before the valve. The customer was successful in repairing the damaged pipe without having to shutdown the processing facility.