Tiled screen cloth

1. A screen cloth for use in a screening device for screening out oversize objects, including oil sand lumps and rocks, consisting of:

a support structure consisting of two mutually opposing lateral attachment elements and a plurality of transverse stiffeners, each having a first end and a second end, extending therebetween and attached at their ends to the lateral attachment elements; and

a plurality of individually constructed screen segments, each screen segment having a plurality of openings, and each screen segment consisting of a steel base and a plurality of anti-wear tiles attached thereon;

whereby the plurality of screen segments are attached to the support structure to form a screening portion of the screen cloth.

2. The screen cloth of claim 1 , wherein the anti-wear tiles are made from a hard metal selected from the group consisting of sintered tungsten carbide, chrome carbide, titanium carbide and ceramic.

3. The screen cloth of claim 1 , wherein the anti-wear tiles are made from sintered tungsten carbide comprising between about 89 wt % to about 91 wt % tungsten carbide.

4. The screen cloth of claim 3 , wherein the anti-wear tiles are about 6 to 12 mm in thickness.

5. The screen cloth of claim 1 , wherein the two mutually opposing lateral attachment elements each have at least one fastening hole for attaching the screen cloth to a screening device.

6. The screen cloth of claim 5 , wherein the screening device is a vibrating screening device.

7. The screen cloth of claim 1 , wherein the steel base is made of mild steel or stainless steel.

8. The screen cloth of claim 1 , wherein the openings of each screen segment are formed by plasma cut or machining.

9. The screen cloth of claim 1 , wherein the anti-wear tiles are rectangular or square.

10. The screen cloth of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of anti-wear tiles are attached to the plurality of screen segments by means of brazing, mechanical fasteners or industrial adhesive.

11. The screen cloth of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of screen segments are first attached to one another prior to being attached to the support structure.

12. The screen cloth of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of screen segments are bolted or welded to one another prior to being attached to the support structure.

13. A screen cloth for use in a screening device for screening out oversize objects, including oil sand lumps and rocks, consisting of:

a support structure consisting of two mutually opposing lateral attachment elements and a, plurality of transverse stiffeners, each having a first end and a second end, extending therebetween and attached at their ends to the lateral attachment elements;

a plurality of individually constructed screen segments, each screen segment having at least one opening, and each screen segment consisting of a steel base and at least one anti-wear tile attached thereon; and

at least two attachment segments consisting of a steel base and a plurality of anti-wear tiles attached thereon for attaching to the two lateral attachment elements, respectively;

whereby the plurality of screen segments are attached to the support structure to form a screening portion of the screen cloth.

14. The screen cloth of claim 13 , wherein the anti-wear tiles are attached to the plurality of screen segments and the at least two attachment segments by means of brazing, mechanical fasteners or industrial adhesive.

15. The screen cloth of claim 13 , wherein the plurality of screen segments and the attachment segments are first attached to one another prior to being attached to the support structure.

16. The screen cloth of claim 13 , wherein the plurality of screen segments and the attachment segments are bolted or welded to one another prior to being attached to the support structure.

17. The screen cloth of claim 13 , whereby there are four attachment segments and twelve screen segments.

18. The screen cloth of claim 13 , wherein the anti-wear tiles are made from sintered tungsten carbide comprising between about 89 wt % to about 91 wt % tungsten carbide.

19. The screen cloth of claim 18 , wherein the anti-wear tiles are about 6 to 12 mm in thickness.

20. The screen cloth of claim 19 , wherein the anti-wear tiles are rectangular or square.

21. The screen cloth of claim 13 , wherein the steel base is made of mild steel or stainless steel.