When steel meets ceramicshe design concept of wear-resistant ceramic pipes can be described as “combining rigidity and flexibility” – using steel pipes as the external skeleton to provide mechanical strength, and the inner ceramic layer is like a layer of “diamond armor”, directly resisting the erosion of coal powder and slag. This combination makes its wear resistance 200 times that of manganese steel and 150 times that of high chromium cast iron, equivalent to upgrading the “cloth jacket” of ordinary steel pipes to “bulletproof vest”. In practical applications, its service life can reach more than 15 times that of ordinary seamless steel pipes, which means that coal-fired power plants can reduce the problem of frequent shutdown and maintenance for at least ten years.
Even more cleverly, although the ceramic layer has extremely high hardness, its weight is over 30% lighter than traditional alloy materials. This feature makes pipeline installation more convenient and reduces the burden on supporting structures. For example, in coal powder conveying systems, the lightweight design of pipelines can reduce the energy consumption of lifting equipment, just like providing lightweight hiking shoes for movers, which is both labor-saving and efficient.
