A Proven System That Lasts Our customers came to us with a request to extend the life of their undercarriages, and standardize the life cycles to 30,000 hours throughout their shovel fleets. Our team began working with them to understand where their original machines could be upgraded and why specific areas were experiencing high failure… Read more »
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L&H designs greased track slides
Excessive roller path wear in track shoes is the main contributor to pulling an undercarriage out of service. Much of the roller path wear comes from the shoes dragging across the top of the guide rails. One way to combat the wear of steel running on steel is to grease the mating surfaces. Therefore, L&H… Read more »
Setting the standard
When L&H designed, engineered, and manufactured the first L&H upgraded undercarriage, our goal was to provide our customers with an assembly that would perform better and last significantly longer than industry standards, dramatically decreasing their machine downtime, as well as the total cost of ownership of their system. Now, with undercarriages operating across the globe,… Read more »