Empirical wear relationships for centrifugal slurry pumps: Part 1: side-liners

Wear rate data on slurry pump inlet side-liners are reported. Experimental work has been conducted on different slurry pump impeller and side-liner geometries to determine the effects of solid particle size, slurry concentration and pump speed on wear. Explanations are offered for the resultant wear patterns and empirical wear relationships are outlined for the key variables.