Caterpillar Inc.

Phillip J Shankwitz

Richard L Adrian

Maurice L Caudill

Dennis L Blunier

James C Henehan

Joel C Schweisberger

Richard R Kazmierzak

Paul D Andreson

Dwight E Aussieker

Ronald C Bowar

A carbide insert having fracture orienting grooves and a method for forming a cutting element for an earthworking machine. The carbide insert is placed in a groove formed on the cutting edge of the cutting element and there maintained by deforming walls of the cutting element into intimate contact with the carbide insert.

Earthworking machine cutting element having carbide insert and method

A method for forming a blade adapted to be attached to an earthworking vehicle and the resultant wear resistant blade has a wear surface assembly which includes a carbide insert sandwiched between a steel plate and a composite material within a pocket on the front surface of the blade spaced from the blade cutting edge.

Method for forming wear surfaces and the resulting part

A method for forming a wear surface on a metal substrate has a slurry which includes wear resistant particles, powdered steel, and binder system positioned on the metal substrate by retaining walls for a time sufficient for drying the slurry and forming a composite material of preselected thickness 'T'. The retaining walls are then removed and the substrate and the composite material are heated and passed through a rolling mill compressing the composite material.

Method for forming hard particle wear surfaces

In conventional fabrication manufacture the thickness of the steel plates are often determined by the metal section required at the weld joints. The subject apparatus and method overcomes this problem by selectively forming a thickened edge along the edge of a thinner steel plate which can now be limited to the thickness required to withstand the stresses on the fabrication. The thickened edge is produced by passing a plate supported on a table through a forming apparatus having a forming roller. The table is movable in an oblique direction relative to the plate so that the shape of the thickened edge may be varied. The forming apparatus and table are automatically controlled to produce a thickened edge of a desired shape intermittently or continuously along a linear or non-linear edge of the plate.

Apparatus and method for selectively forming a thickened edge on a plate

In conventional fabrication manufacture the thickness of the steel plates are often determined by the metal section required at the weld joints. The subject apparatus and method overcomes this problem by selectively forming a thickened edge along the edge of a thinner steel plate which can now be limited to the thickness required to withstand the stresses on the fabrication. The thickened edge is produced by forcing a plate supported by a table, by passing the plate through a forming apparatus comprised of a combination of rollers. The forming apparatus and table are automatically controlled to produce a thickened edge of constant shape along a non-linear edge of the plate.

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Peoria, IL, United States of America

Phillip J Shankwitz