Flexco Polyurethane Canoe Liner: design and wear insights for conveyor engineers
Reviewed by Joe Ashwell

First reported on International Mining – News
30 Second Briefing
Flexco has launched a Polyurethane Canoe Liner designed to fit inside conveyor skirtboard systems, providing immediate impact absorption at loading points to protect stringers, skirt plates and idlers from heavy material drop. The moulded polyurethane sections form a continuous “canoe” around the loading zone, reducing fugitive material, minimising liner gaps and lowering maintenance compared with traditional steel or rubber wear plates. Flexco positions the liner as part of its heavy-duty belt conveyor protection (HD BCP) range, targeting high-impact applications in mining and bulk handling plants.
Technical Brief
- Installation occurs inside existing skirtboard systems, allowing retrofits without modifying stringers or idler frames.
Our Take
Within the 575 Mining stories in our database, Flexco appears mainly in product-focused pieces rather than project finance or M&A, signalling its role as an equipment and consumables supplier rather than an asset owner or operator.
Among the 1,104 tag-matched ‘Projects’ and ‘Product’ items, conveyor-related solutions like those from Flexco typically feature in brownfield optimisation work, where operators seek incremental throughput or reduced downtime without major capex.
For mining projects already locked into fixed plant layouts, retrofit-friendly products from suppliers such as Flexco often get specified late in design or early in ramp-up, which can materially affect spillage control and maintenance access without triggering design re-approval.
Prepared by collating external sources, AI-assisted tools, and Geomechanics.io’s proprietary mining database, then reviewed for technical accuracy & edited by our geotechnical team.
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