PLASCON LINERS CAN BE FITTED TO STEEL OR CONCRETE. BUNKERS , CHUTES, SILOS ETC. THE SURFACE ON WHICH THE LINERS ARE TO BE FITTED MUST BE REASONABLY FLAT AND CLEAN. CORRECT MOUNTING OF PLASCON WEAR LINER CAN ASSURE SATISFACTORY PERFORMANCE. IN CASE LINER PLATES ARE EXPOSED TO SUNLIGHT, BLACK, UV-RESISTANT LINERS SHOULD BE USED. WHILE INSTALLING THE LINERS THE COEFFICIENT OF EXPANSION OF UHMW POLYETHYLENE “PLASCON” MUST BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDE ATION, SINCE IT IS ABOUT 8 TIMES LIGHTER THAN STEEL. AS SUCH IT IS ALWAYS RECOMMENDED TO MOUNT THE LINERS AT THE NORMAL TEMPERATURE OF OPERATION.

THE LINERS ARE NORMALLY LAID LENGTHWISE IN THE DIRECTION OF FLOW OF BULK MATERIAL, EACH PLATE OVERLAPPING THE NEXT ONE BY ABOUT 15 MM HORIZONTALLY. VERTICAL JOINTS ARE PUT EDGE TO EDGE ACCORDING TO THE NECESSITIES, LINERS CAN ALSO BE PUT WITH HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL JOINTS EDGE TO EDGE BUT STAGGERED WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM. WHENEVER LINING HAS TO BE DONE ON A CURVED SURFACE WITHOUT MANY DIVISIONS; SEVERAL GROOVES ARE MADE ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE LINER TO SUIT THE CORRESPONDING REGION. IN CASE OF PART OF LINING OF BUNKERS, THE UPPER-MOST EDGE OF THE LINER PLATE IS COVERED BY STEEL STRIPS AS SAFEGUARD AGAINST SEEPAGE OF FINE DUSTS. THE HIGH RESISTANCE OF UHMW POLYETHYLENE TO SOLVENTS RESTRICTS THE RANGE OF SUITABLE ADHESIVES FOR GLUING WITH THESE BONDING AGENTS ONLY MODERATE JOINT STRENGTH IS ACHIEVED. THERE FORE, THE LINERS ARE FASTENED WITH MECHANICAL FASTENERS LIKE COUNTER-SUNK BOLT, SCREW, DOWEL ETC. FOR LINING CONCRETE SILOS FASTENING DONE BY MEANS OF COUNTERSUNK BOLT WITH STRADDLING DOWEL. IN THE CASE OF STEEL SILOS LINERS ARE FASTENED BY MEANS OF COUNTER-SUNK HEAD BOLTS WITH NUTS WHEN MOTHER PLATE CAN NOT BE WASTED. THE PITCH BETWEEN THE FASTENERS DEPENDING ON THE THIC NESS OF THE LINER IS MAINTAINED AT 150 TO 200 MM. A DISTANCE OF ABOUT 50 MM IS LEFT FROM THE EDGE OF THE LINER WHILE FIXING THE BOLT.