Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Explosively depth hardened crawler shoes
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Application No.: US14585059Application Date: 2014-12-29
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Publication No.: US09719158B2Publication Date: 2017-08-01
- Inventor: Michael Charles Westoby , Gillon Ford
- Applicant: Progress Rail Services Corporation
- Applicant Address: US AL Albertville
- Assignee: Progress Rail Services Corporation
- Current Assignee: Progress Rail Services Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US AL Albertville
- Agency: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
- Main IPC: B62D55/20
- IPC: B62D55/20 ; C22C38/04 ; C21D1/06 ; C21D9/00 ; B62D55/14 ; B62D55/21 ; B62D55/26
Abstract:
A method of making a crawler shoe for a mobile machine having a track assembly is disclosed. The method may include casting a crawler shoe from manganese steel, the crawler shoe having at least one wear surface that engages the track assembly. The method may further include solution treating the crawler shoe to form fully austenitic manganese steel, applying an explosive material to the at least one wear surface, and detonating the explosive material.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160185404A1 EXPLOSIVELY DEPTH HARDENED CRAWLER SHOES Public/Granted day:2016-06-30
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