ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,282, issued on July 8, was assigned to Metso Sweden AB (Malmo, Sweden).
"Wear element for a slurry pump" was invented by Aki Tuomisalo (Espoo, Finland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wear element for a slurry pump. At least a portion of the wear element produces a magnetic field for attracting magnetic particles in a slurry processed by the slurry pump. The wear element includes a magnet arranged to generate a protective wear layer on a surface of the wear element. The slurry pump includes a pump housing and a wear element within the pump housing. At least a portion of the wear element produces a magnetic field for attracting magneti...