Excellent
Minerals
Wear Indicator Technology
A revolutionary early warning system for hoses
handling highly abrasive materials
Our patented Linatex® Wear Indicator system
provides a complete solution to many of the
traditional issues surrounding the maintenance of
hose in highly abrasive environments. It provides
24 hour-a-day monitoring and peace of mind.
By installing our Linatex® Wear Indicator
Technology you will avoid the need for physical
inspections and costly emergency maintenance
downtime. Unexpected hose failures that can
cause environmental spills, and health and safety
incidents, will be substantially reduced.
For More Information
Please contact your local Weir Minerals
representative or visit our website.
www.weirminerals.com
Solutions
Features
• Easy to install, no hard wiring needed. Detects
when a small area of hose lining has worn and
monitors multiple hoses.
• Transmits hose data by radio across distances of
up to 1.5km/5000ft, depending on site conditions.
Alarm sounds when a worn hose is detected.
Software displays the identity, location and wear
status of each hose, including alarms.
• Hand-held programmer for configuring and testing
hose, transmitters and receivers.
Applications
Our Wear Indicator Technology is intended
for Linatex® Wear Indicator hose and
pre-formed bends operating in a host of
high abrasion materials handling
applications including:
• Cyclone feed lines
• Ball mill feed lines
• Tailing lines
 Specifications

Hose Range Size 150mm ID to over 1000mm ID in diameter

Range Available in custom preformed bends, hoses and reducers.
Wear liner Various hardnesses and compounds to suit specific applications.
Wear indicator wire Embedded in the wear liner, the sensing wire detects from ‘flange to flange’.

Transmitter Range Up to 1.5 km/ 5000 ft depending on site conditions.

Internal battery life Up to 3 years depending on site conditions.
Address tag Programmable from 001 to 999.
Protected against dust, high pressure jets of water and airborne
Encapsulated
chemical attack.
Operating temperature -10 to +55 °C / -14 to +131°F
Radio Frequency Programmed to comply with regional requirement
0.4 m/16 in. fitted.
Cable
2, 5 and 10 m /6, 15 and 30 ft extension cables available.
Receiver Transmitters monitored Up to 999
Audible alarm Built in, mutable
Data display LCD
IP rating IP65 - Protected against dust and against low pressure jets of water.
Operating temperatures -10 to +55 °C / -14 to +131 °F
Flexible antenna supplied. Any suitable antenna with BNC cable can be used
Antenna
within a reasonable distance.
Connection to computer Serial port (9-pin D male, RS232)
Power input 12V DC from mains power adaptor supplied.

Software Hoses displayed Up to 999 corresponding to transmitters’ address tags.

Hose identities
User defined
and locations
Status displayed Normal, hose wear alarm, transmitter fault.
Data storage MS Excel readable data files (.csv format)
Data transfer from
Automatically downloaded at user defined intervals or on demand.
receiver
Connection to receiver Serial port (9-pin D male, RS232)
Operating System
Windows operating sytems
Requirements
Disk space required 1Mb for installation
Hose (loop) testing.
Programmer Operating modes Transmitter testing, address tag programming, and test signal
generation (to receiver).
Data display LCD
IP rating IP65
Operating temperatures -10 to +55 °C / -14 to +131 °F
Battery 9V DC

Weir Minerals Australia Ltd

Head Office
1 Marden Street Tel: +61 (0)2 9934 5100
Artarmon NSW 2064 Fax: +61 (0)2 9935 5201
Australia www.weirminerals.com
AU0352

All weights and dimensions are nominal, please refer to your Weir Minerals representative.
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