WEAR ASSEMBLY WITH MOUNTING SECTION HAVING LEADING SIDE OF GREATER WIDTH THAN TRAILING SIDE

摘要

A wear member (14) for excavating equipment comprising a working section (21) and a mounting section (23) generally aligned along a longitudinal axis. The mounting section includes a socket for receiving a base (12) fixed to the excavating equipment, a leading side (25) adapted to be a forward surface during advance of the wear member through the ground during a digging operation, and a trailing side (27) adapted to be a rearward surface during advance of the wear member through the ground. The working section is that part of the wear member forward of the socket. The leading and trailing sides extend axially across the working and mounting sections. The leading side has a greater width than the trailing side in transverse cross sections perpendicular to the longitudinal axis along at least part of the working section and the mounting section.