Browsing by Author "Carneiro, Leandro Moreira"

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    Abrasiveness of iron ores : analysis of service-worn conveyor belts and laboratory Dry Sand/Rubber Wheel tests.
    (2022) Nins, Barbara; Penagos, Jose Jimmy; Carneiro, Leandro Moreira; Münch, Daiane; Falqueto, Patrick; Viáfara, Cristian Camilo; Costa, Adilson Rodrigues da
    Belt conveyors are currently one of the most commonly used technologies for transporting iron ore. Of the components of the conveyor system, the belt is the most expensive and susceptible to damage. Failures due to wear of the rubber cover lead to downtime for corrective maintenance, greater operational risks and performance and economic losses. To improve the tribological performance of conveyor belts, it is necessary to know the main parameters that influence their wear. As wear behavior is not an intrinsic property of a material, the most reliable results are obtained when the wear mechanisms produced in laboratory tests are similar to those in service. In this work, two types were investigated of belt rubber, one new and one worn in service, and four types of iron ore in two class sizes. Loose abrasive wear tests were carried out using the Dry Sand/Rubber Wheel apparatus with belt rubber test pieces and iron ores as abrasives. This work characterized the wear mechanisms that occur in service and in laboratory tests. The predominant wear mechanism found was the formation of Schallamach waves. In the wear tests, Friable Hematite samples presented the highest abrasiveness. In addition, the chemical, mineralogical and morphological features of the iron ore samples were characterized. The high abrasiveness of Friable Hematite was possibly due to the mineral assembly.
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    Characterization of flotation tailings from Samarco and other varieties of sand for use in sand molding in the foundry industry.
    (2019) Figueiredo, Ricardo Augusto Martins; Oliveira, Sávio José de; Silva, Guilherme Francisco de Sales; Vieira, Cláudio Batista; Pinto, Maria Aparecida; Carneiro, Leandro Moreira; Seshadri, Varadarajan; Araújo, Denilson Rodrigues de; Vilela Neto, Gil Ribeiro
    Foundry sand used for molding should have specific properties so that molds with adequate strength, porosity, etc to produce defect free castings. Thus, characterization of two types of flotation tailings from the mineral processing of itabirites and three types of base sand for molding have been carried out. The resulting properties have been compared to evaluate the suitability of use of typical flotation tailing for the molding process. The main properties determined are the grain shape and structure, chemical composition, grain size distribution, fineness modulus, fines content, moisture content and loss on ignition. Furthermore other properties of these sands prepared with binders have been compared like compactability, permeability and green compressive strength for green sand. For cold set and sodium silicate/CO2 processes properties like tensile strength and bending strength have been evaluated. The results show that the flotation tailing SA2 presented a good potential of use in the foundry.