Bearing up under 300 tons

摘要

Spinodal bronze alloys help ensure lubricant-starved bearings keep mining equipment rolling under extreme loads and in corrosive environments. Surface and underground mining operations use some of the world's largest mobile machinery. Continuous mining equipment and large tonnage dump trucks often run around the clock regardless of whether or not they get regular maintenance. But lax maintenance can lead critical components such as kingpin bushings to seize or fail from corrosion and extreme wear. A worn, broken, or seized bearing can shut down equipment for days, drastically cutting into a mine's profits.