Track chain assembly

Abstract

A track link is provided for use with a track chain assembly. Each track link is provided with a mounting plate attached to its ground-engaging side, a track plate adapted to contiguously engage the mounting plate, and a removable fastening device to secure the track plate to the mounting plate.

Description

Track Chain Components technical field The present invention relates to crawler chain assemblies, in particular to crawler chain assemblies for the chassis of tracked vehicles such as earth moving equipment and mobile cranes, Background technique Track-type vehicles have a chassis configured to move the vehicle along the ground. The chassis includes a track chain assembly surrounding a frame, sprockets, rollers and idlers. A track chain assembly typically includes a pair of parallel chains, each parallel chain consisting of a series of interconnected track links. Typically each track link has a track shoe (also called a track shoe) for assisting in the operation of the track-type vehicle. Depending on the surface conditions on which the track-type vehicle will operate, the characteristics and design of the track shoes will vary and be selected. For example, the underside of the track shoes may have one or more differently configured track pins to provide a desired leve...

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Problems solved by technology

This process can take days and is very labor intensive, with about 10% of the cost of parts and about 90% of the cost of labor, and that's not counting the outage time when the vehicle is out of service

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