在许多行业，如矿石和金属加工，建筑材料或颜料化学，盐和肥料制造，磨损会导致工厂停工频繁以及修理和更换磨损部件的成本。 在具有高产品纯度要求的应用 - 例如生产高纯度硅或牙膏 - 微量的来自被损坏部件的金属已经导致不可接受的产品污染和产品的不合格。
In many industries, such as ore and metal processing, building
materials or pigment chemistry, and salt and fertilizer
manufacturing, abrasive wear leads to frequent plant downtime
and the cost of repairing and replacing worn components. In
applications with high product purity requirements - examples
being the production of high purity silicon or toothpaste - traces
of metals from the eroded steels can already lead to unacceptable
contaminants and rejection of a product.