Restoring the glory

Ailbhe Goodbody spoke to dragline OEMs along with providers of ropes, chains, buckets, GETs, drive systems and monitoring systems to get a full picture of what is involved in dragline rebuilds

01 October 2013
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Draglines are structurally complex and are subjected to loads that vary in frequency and intensity throughout their operational life. This provides the ideal basis for metal fatigue and cracking.

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