Exxonmobil Research and Engineering Company

Dean R Hyde

Robert Lee Antram

John Roger Peterson

Dean R Peterson

A tile for lining an internal surface in a heavy wear area. The tile includes at least one locating rod embedded within said tile and an internal mechanism for laterally extending said at least one locating rod out of said tile and into a gap in an adjoining structure which may be another tile. The tiles forming the lining surface are securely held in place as a result of the selective deployment of the locating rods into a gap in the adjoining structure.

Tiles with embedded locating rods for erosion resistant linings

A tile anchoring system for use in reactors and other furnace like equipment which involves the use of a tile that contains various internal parts. According to the various embodiments of the present invention, the tile is formed as more than one part. In the present invention, various techniques and parts are used to anchor tiles to surfaces wherein the various parts and the tiles themselves 'snap' into place with one another and/or with an existing hexmetal mesh structure.

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Southampton Hampshire, United Kingdom

Dean R Hyde