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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% 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 - SC-2™ from John Deere makes turning bushings a practice of the past.
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, you'll increase your uptime because, in some cases, a costly bushing turn may be eliminated.
SC-2™ Toughs it Out
Intensive laboratory tests prove conclusively that the SC-2 coating is 25% harder than chrome plating.
- First, SC-2-coated steel aced a sand-abrasion test, holding up 4 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 lb. (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.
SC-2™: It has Toughness Down to a Science
A bushing you never need to turn? Let's see a competing "will-fit" bushing do that. SC-2-coated bushings are now available, with additional SC-2-treated parts coming soon. Ask your dealers for the hard facts on SC-2 extended-life undercarriage parts and find out how you can come down hard on your operating costs.
For John Deere and Other Dozers, Installation is Easy
When it's time to turn or replace bushings for your John Deere or non-Deere dozer, make them the last bushings you'll need for that bottom. SC-2-coated bushings are available right now for all John Deere J-Series Dozers. No special tools are needed. See your dealer for complete details.
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