Caterpillar Track Shoes

Caterpillar track shoe - an integral part of the crawler chain Caterpillar construction machines on equipment such as excavators, lifting machines, bulldozers, tractors and more. Designed to reduce the specific pressure of the weight of the base machine on the surface, which ensures patency on weak soils. To work equipped with rubber Caterpillar tracks in urban areas, reducing noise and damage cover (asphalt, concrete and so on). For work in wetland conditions, arched track shoes are used.

The Caterpillar shoe track is one of the components of the Caterpillar track. Caterpillar shoes tracks are cast or forged units of wear-resistant steel, having on the outer surface of the lugs on the inner surface - the guide ridges, and apertures which include the teeth of the drive wheels, and lugs, which includes connecting pins pivotally connecting the tracks with each other. According to the constructive implementation of the Caterpillar links, there are composite and integral castings.

At present, several dozen types of Caterpillar shoes track are known. The design and material of the Caterpillar shoe track are determined by the type and conditions in which the machinery will be operated. The choice of the type of Caterpillar shoe track affects everything from weather conditions to the type of soil. For example, in the marshes are exploited wider swamp Caterpillar track shoe.

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