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TURN PROFITS, NOT BUSHINGS
We don’t have to tell you the expense of
keeping your undercarriage rolling. Not when
some 50 percent of your maintenance expense
ends up beneath your dozers. Until now, that
is. John Deere announces a metallurgical
breakthrough that will make dozer bushings
last twice as long.
A BREAKTHROUGH IN UPTIME
In 1997, John Deere metallurgist Dr. Gopal
Revankar achieved a breakthrough in
wear-parts protection. Through advances in
heat treatment, alloy powders, atmospherics,
and robotics, Dr. Revankar perfected the
slurry-coat process. Finally, a new
technique that creates a tough shell around
a wear part that won’t break or crack under
duress.
Seven years of testing have proven that
SC-2™-coated parts deliver approximately
twice the wear. That’s why downtime and
owning and operating costs will be reduced
with SC-2-coated bushings in your
undercarriage.
With SC-2-coated bushings, downtime will go
down because you’ll get twice the life out
of a bushing before needing to turn it. In
some areas, bushing turns will be eliminated
completely.
SC-2™ TOUGHS IT OUT
Intensive laboratory tests prove
conclusively that the SC-2 coating is
25-percent harder than chrome plating.
First, SC-2-coated steel aced a sand-wheel
test, holding up four times better than
parts not protected by SC-2. Next, a
SC-2-coated bushing shrugged off a brutal
impact test, where researchers dropped a
220-pound (100 kg) weight on it 500 times
from a height of 30 inches. Finally, a
SC-2-coated bushing was fractured in a
hydraulic press to see if the coating would
stay fused to the steel. The coating passed
with flying colors. And that’s just the
laboratory tests. SC-2 has also been tested
where it really counts – in the field.
HOW TO DOUBLE THE LIFE OF A BUSHING
SC-2™ coatings are sprayed onto the bushing
through the use of robotics. The coatings
are then fused to the bushings by heating
them in a hydrogen furnace.
ALL-MAKES SC-2 BUSHINGS ARE NOW
AVAILABLE
A bushing with twice the wear life? Yes.
Order SC-2-coated bushings for your Deere or
other brand crawler. Ask your dealer for the
hard facts on SC-2 extended life
undercarriage parts and find out how you can
lower your operating costs.
FOR DEERE AND OTHER DOZERS,
INSTALLATION IS EASY
When it’s time to replace bushings for your
Deere or other brand dozer, opt for the
bushing that gives you twice the life.
SC-2-coated bushings are available right now
for all John Deere J-Series Dozers, and
“will fit” many other applications. No
special tools are needed. See your dealer
for complete details.
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