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Benefits of Machine Bucket Wear Protection

In applications ranging from digging in sand and gravel to excavating hard rock and minerals, wear protection components play a key role in protecting the most important parts of the machine bucket from impact and operating stress.

Our range of wear protection parts is available from light to heavy duty according to your requirements and includes heel blocks, wear buttons and rings, wear plates, wedge bars, side cutters, flanges and lip guards, as well as track teeth that can be easily fitted and mounted on the bucket to not only extend its service life, but also significantly improve performance.

  • The side milling cutter not only protects the sides of the bucket from wear, but also cuts the side walls of the grooves effectively.
  • The heel block helps to protect the high wear angle edges on the bucket.
  • The lip guard provides additional protection between the bucket teeth, without which the leading edge of the bucket would remain exposed and wear rapidly.
  • The wing guard is similar to the lip guard, but is used to protect the top and bottom sidewalls of the bucket from wear.
  • Track tines are used to replace track plates and tracks on tracked vehicles to extend the life of the steel tracks. They are also used for general wear protection areas.
  • Chocky Bars are the most popular wear protection component because they are versatile and easy to cut, form and weld on a variety of surfaces.
  • Wear Buttons are used in the extreme wear areas of buckets, usually on the sides, and can be used on a variety of machines including loaders, excavators and bulldozers.
  • Wear Buttons are made from a white iron layer on mild steel and help to reduce labour intensive welding processes. It also provides high wear resistance in crusher and chute applications.
  • Wear Donuts are used to protect high impact areas on machines and allow layout versatility to meet requirements.
  1. All these benefits equate to a significant reduction in downtime and machine and bucket maintenance, as well as increased profits due to the efficient and effective performance of the machine.
  2. For more information on bucket protection, please do not hesitate to contact us.