Products
Con Mech manufacture Ground Engaging Spares to suit leading makes including Caterpillar, Komatsu, JCB, Liebherr, Volvo and other leading brands.
Quality products for Bulldozer Cutting Edges, End Bits, Grader Blades, Overlays and Loader Edges.
Our ground engaging equipment is available for manafacture in a choice of materials :
BORON STEEL: sold under 'BLADEMASTER' brand
The addition of boron to the steel as well as it been heat treated, quenched and tempered gives this product a unique combination of characteristics. Boron steel has hardness, weldability, strength, increased fatigue resistance and above all in a ground engaging tool, greater wear resistance.
Carbon : 0.26 - 0.36
Silicon : 0.15 - 0.35
Manganese : 1.10 -1.45
Chromium : 0.20 Max
Sulphur : 0.05 Max
Phosphorus : 0.04 Max
Boron : 0.0005 - 0.003
Brinell hardness : 420 - 500
CARBON STEEL
Grader blades are manufactured from the steel specification SAE 1084 or equivalent:
Carbon : 0.80 - 0.90
Manganese : 0.60 - 0.90
Brinell Hardness : 270 - 310
Non heat treated cutting edges are generally manufactured from the steel SAE 1572 or equivalent:
Carbon : 0.60 - 0.70
Maganese : 0.60 - 0.90
Brinell Hardness : 240 - 280