Wear parts equipped with Rockland Wear Pin technology (patent pending) allow operators to determine how much wear life remains in a part, just by looking at it. When a moldboard, blade, liner, or wear plate wears to a specific point, contrasting Wear Pins appear, signaling the need for maintenance or replacement in the future.
This simple system allows maintenance to be scheduled well in advance and planned for – eliminating costly downtime and lost production.
The amount of wear over a certain period of time in a certain location, can also be easily determined, just by looking at the part. This allows savvy fleet managers to experiment, drive down the overall cost of equipment, and maximize uptime. Different materials can also be easily evaluated and tested in specific applications – right next to one another!
“We created this technology for two reasons,” says Bill Pratt of Rockland Manufacturing Company, “first, to prevent unscheduled downtime due to equipment failure by using a visual indicator of wear and second, to eliminate the need for multiple manpower-intensive ultrasonic inspections.”
Rockland’s Wear Pin technology is a simple solution to a long-standing problem. When the steel structure of a bucket or blade wears thin, cracks appear that may not be perceptible upon visual inspection. If the cracks aren’t properly repaired in a timely manner, they will continue to grow resulting in higher repair expenses and extended costly downtime. To eliminate the need for continual ultrasonic inspections assessing the extent of cracks, the Wear Pins installed directly in the bucket shell, blade moldboard or any liner component during manufacturing become visible when the steel has worn to a point at which operators should schedule maintenance or prepare for replacement.
“When buckets or blades wear thin and cracks start to occur, repairs can get costly, especially considering the potential loss of production,” according to Pratt. “Unplanned downtime is the enemy of profitability for any equipment fleet and Rockland’s Wear Pin technology is a direct response to combat the unexpected.”
Rockland provides an expansive portfolio of over 170 attachments designed and manufactured for the complete range of equipment manufacturers. Wear Pin technology is currently available for excavator buckets, loader buckets, dozer blades and liners used across the heavy equipment realm including: mining, quarries, aggregate, waste handling, demolition, and logging applications. Wear Pin technology is also available for truck bodies, dump beds, chutes, and other tools. For information about using Wear Pin technology in your application, please call Rockland for more information at 800-458-3773.
For more information, contact Rockland Manufacturing Company, P.O. Box 5, Bedford, PA 15522, telephone: 814.623.1115; fax: 814.623.7214, e-mail [email protected], or visit its Web site at www.rocklandmfg.com.
