sheet. I know Titanium by itself is not a good wearing material, but

it

is

light and when treated it may be the go - it sure sounds impressive!

George(down under)

Those on the leading edge of technology will be impaled upon it :)

Paul Lamar

Paul,
I thought as much! it ain't cheap either !
George (down under)

Paul,
Here is a suggestion to throw into the melting pot of ideas.

One problem I see is the thickness of the wear plate to accommodate another
wear face and the mating of these two materials. A thin wear plate is
subject to flexing but that is all there there is room for.
My suggestion would eliminate that problem and allow affixing points.

Therefore, why not replace the Aluminium wear face completely with a Steel,
Cast Iron, Titanium, insert face plate with stand-offs to allow bolting from
the other side (rear) of the housing.
Your double use seal could be a triple use seal in this application.

Instead on a split end/centre housing, you could have much simpler sections
with the face plate section inserting into the housing, bolting from the
rear and sealing from the sides of the wear plate, much in the same way as
you suggest now. By bolting from the rear into stand-offs you have a much
more stable platform for the wear face.

The end housing could be easily sand cast as would the wear face, this is
just, IMOP, a natural progression from your previous suggestion.
George (down under)

I need a drawing or a sketch :)

Paul Lamar
 
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