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SOUCY HD IMPACT BAR Raise the Bar

1. Why Impact Bars

2. Impact Bars: Challenges and Concerns

3. Soucy HD Impact Bar

■ Exclusive construction

■ Features and benefits

■ Increase reliability

■ Save Time and Money

4. Soucy HD Impact Bar: Raise the Bar…

AGENDA

WHY IMPACT BARS?

■ Shortened belt life due to faster wear of cover

■ Carcass deterioration due to poor load support

at impact points leading to belt failure

■ Heavy maintenance of impact idlers

■ Spillage of material

■ Decreased plant safety

■ Impact Bed: full belt support at the loading area, the belt cannot deflect, allowing a

constant seal between belt and skirting.

■ Impact bed system: fixed impact bars, with low friction UHMWPE at the top and

impact absorbing rubber at the bottom

The loading station: Large amount of wear and tear on the conveyor system

Source: Fenner Dunlop

IMPACT BARS: CHALLENGES AND CONCERNS (1)

Soucy Plastiques conducted a wide survey (More than 500 respondents) with stakeholders

(including impact bed manufacturer and distributors) of the mining and quarries industry to better

understand their concerns and needs regarding the use of impact bars.

■ Increasing demand for handling higher tonnage of material, it has become

imperative to develop a more effective system that will absorb the high

kinetic energy of the transferred material.

■ Conveyor belts are often damaged due to uneven and inadequate support to

the belt at loading points.

■ Frequent replacement of the impact bars.

■ It is not easy to remove the T-bolt jammed in the aluminum frame.

According to many of the respondents, removing the T-bolt is a major pitfall.

IMPACT BARS: CHALLENGES AND CONCERNS (2)

■ Many international Mine regulations prohibit the use of aluminum in the underground structure

due to health and safety reasons (corrosion, rupture, sparks…)

■ Delamination: Because the UHMW-PE layer has low friction

characteristics for supporting the belt to slide, it is also difficult to

glue (hot and cold adhesive) directly to the rubber layer. In this

regard, the glued UHMW layer tends to delaminate even under

relatively low loading conditions.

■ Gluing UHMW-PE is one of the difficulties that plague

manufacturers (many production steps, manual labor and costly).

SOUCY HD IMPACT BAR: EXCLUSIVE CONSTRUCTION

1. The upper layer: 0.75" of Soucy proprietary blended UHMW-PE wear surface with a Coefficient of Friction:

0.1, providing a slick surface for the belt to skim over without undue friction.

2. Underneath the UHMW, the core layer: 2" highest quality 60 Durometer SBR (Soucy proprietary rubber).

3. The Bottom layer (aluminium frame replacement): 1.25" UHMW-PE wear surface with a Coefficient of Friction:

0.1 which replace the aluminum frame and could be machined (shaped) regarding customer fixing needs.

■ This sandwich construction effectively absorbs the impact from falling material, while the long-

wearing UHMW outer slider bar seals the load zone.

■ Soucy HD Impact bars : Totally unique concept bar designed to increase replacement

intervals and thereby increase productivity in the crushing circuit.

■ The Soucy HD Impact bars : manufactured in one-step compression molding process

utilizing proprietary formulas developed by Soucy Group (rubber and UHMW-PE).

■ One-Step Production by our unique DCM process

■ Metal Free : the bottom layer of UHMW-PE replaces

aluminium channel guide

■ Glue and adhesive Free (Unique DCM process)

■ Soucy proprietary blended UHMW-PE wear surface

■ Soucy proprietary Energy absorbing SBR rubber

UHMW-PE strip

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Rubber or

Urethane

Aluminium Frame

■ Many production steps

■ UHMW-PE strip is difficult to glue to the

rubber layer

■ Aluminium Frame: rust, corrosion and

spark issues

SOUCY HD IMPACT BAR: EXCLUSIVE CONSTRUCTION

STANDARD IMPACT BAR SOUCY HD IMPACT BAR

0.75" UHMW-PE

1.25" UHMW-PE

2.00 " Rubber

SOUCY HD IMPACT BAR: CHARACTERISTICS

■ Width of Impact Bar: 4"; other width on request

■ Height of Impact Bar: 3 and 4"; other height on request

■ Length of Impact Bar: 48-60-72"; other lengths on

request

■ Color: white, red, blue; other colours on request

The thickness and length specifications of the top and middle layer could be adjusted according to

your needs, to meet different belt speed and width, material properties and processing capacity.

Soucy HD Impact bars are suitable for most of the impact beds available on the market

and are interchangeable with other bars (tailored machined slots).

SOUCY HD IMPACT BAR: FEATURES AND BENEFITS

1. Exceptional wear and impact resistance, so drive energy requirements are minimized

(reduce drag). Low friction top layer allowing belt easy glide over the impact bars, while

providing resistance to most oils, grease and industrial chemicals.

2. Less Rebounding, High load absorbing : Obtaining the most interesting properties of

each material without assembly, gluing or welding thanks to our innovative DCM process.

3. Consistent load transfer offering improved seal between conveyor belt and impact

bed. The UHMW bottom layer (aluminium frame replacement), is flexible and has

memory so will deflect then snaps back to its original shape, offering improved.

4. Reduced maintenance downtime : Simple to install and replace, making the task of

changing bars safer, faster and easier.

5. Simple Retrofit: Availability for any impact bed type

SOUCY HD IMPACT BAR: LESS REBOUNDING, HIGH LOAD ABSORBING

■ Using extensive lab testing1.2.3, Soucy HD

construction demonstrates significant

improvement in deflection over the standard

competitor design: reduces load

deflection and increases bar strength

■ Soucy HD impact bar deflects the load by 0.23-

0.35” versus 0.6-0.98” deflected by both

competitor construction. One of the lowest bar

deflection in the impact bar market.

■ When the rubber flexes, it heats up. Soucy SBR

has an outstanding heat stability than both

competition bars.

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Less Rebounding, High Load Absorbing

SOUCY HD IMPACT BAR: COMPRESSION & DEFLECTION

SPRINGS BACK TO ITS ORIGINAL SHAPE

COMPETITOR BAR WITH ALUMINIUM FRAME

SOUCY HD IMPACT BAR: LAB TESTING

SOUCY HD IMPACT BAR: STRONG & RELIABLE BONDING

Samples always break (failure) at 720-730 psi in the rubber layer,

never in the DCM bonding between UHMW/Rubber

UHMW-PE UHMW-PE Rubber

* ASTM D638 - Standard Test Method for Tensile Properties of Plastics

SOUCY HD IMPACT BAR: EASY & QUICK TO REPLACE

ALUMINIUM CHANNEL GUIDE UHMW-PE MACHINED CHANNEL GUIDE

30 min/ Impact bar

* 15 min/ Impact bar

■ The replacement of aluminium frame by a thick layer of a self-lubricated UHMW allows easy

removal of the T-Bolt.

■ Field testing* showed that replacement time could be cut by half using our bars compared to existing

bars with aluminum frame, which significantly reduce maintenance costs.

* Based on 2 years field testing (primary crusher) in a major Canadian Crushed Stone quarry (16” stone diameter, 1.5 million tons/year).

SOUCY HD IMPACT BARS: RAISE THE BAR

■ Improved seal: The UHMW bottom layer provides a consistent load transfer, is flexible and has

memory so will deflect then snaps back to its original shape, offering improved seal between

conveyor belt and impact bed.

■ Glue and adhesive free: A 2” rubber backing is trapped between two UHMW-PE layers during a

proprietary DCM process. Unlike the majority of competitors bars no adhesives is required to bond

offering a lifetime warranty against delamination.

■ Aluminium, spark and rust Free: UHMW is 15 times stronger and 3 times lighter than aluminium.

Moreover the new bar is sparks and rust free.

■ Quick, convenient and cost effective replacement: the replacement of aluminium frame by a

thick layer of a self-lubricated UHMW allows easy removal of the T-Bolt.

Soucy HD innovative bar construction, consisting of a thick layer of rubber entrapped

between two layers of slick UHMW-PE, cushion the belt and absorb impact.

SOUCY HD IMPACT BAR: INCREASE RELIABILITY, SAVE TIME & MONEY

1. Greater durability: Enhance bars service life by 55%

comparative to the current bars.

2. Easy and quick to replace: Reduce by half down-time

and reduce maintenance costs.

3. Metal-free impact bars: avoid rust and sparks issues

4. Lifetime warranty against delamination

5. More flexibility for bed fixing: customized attachments

6. Fast, On-time Shipping: less than one month

We are raising the bar, taking our exceptional experience in bonding rubber to UHMW-PE and State-of-

the-art technology to offer the most reliable and cost-effective impact bar in the market. 2 years field

testing in a major Canadian Crushed Stone quarry showed that the Soucy HD impact bars:

The end result is longer belt life, reduced spillage and decreased O&M costs

Customized Solutions. Innovative Polymers

YOUR PARTNER FOR SUCCESS

ISLEM YEZZA Business Development Director

Cell. : 819-313-1442 islem.yezza@soucy-group.com

REAL VANDAL Account Manager

Cell. : 614-981-4887 Real.vandal@soucy-group.com