Cat Abrasion Undercarriage Seal Life Field Tests
Cat Abrasion Undercarriage Seal Life Field Tests

 

 

Cat® Abrasion™:
Proof in the Performance

Cat® Abrasion™ wasn’t just developed in the field based on real-world customer experiences and input. We tested it extensively there, too. The result? You can be confident that Cat Abrasion will deliver the industry's lowest cost-per-hour performance in your high-abrasion, low-to-medium impact applications.

 

 

 

 

Double the seal life

Cat dealers put the new iron to work and discovered that Cat Abrasion delivers double the seal life of SystemOne™ in side-by-side tests.


 

Cat Abrasion Undercarriage Wear Life Field Test Results
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Site prep

A

 

Clay with a high percentage of sand

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Finish grading

B

 

Clay with a low percentage of sand

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Road construction

C

 

High percentage of sand

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Performance you can see

Photos taken at 3,200 hours during these side-by-side tests show just how much more life you’ll get from Cat Abrasion.

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Cat Abrasion Seal/Lip Band

Thanks to the narrow, defined seal band, there’s plenty of unworn seal tip for more life.

Cat Abrasion Seal/Lip Band
Cat Abrasion Seal/Lip Band

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SystemOne Seal/Lip Band

With no defined seal band, the seal lip is fully worn. When seal life ends, dry joints occur.

SystemOne Seal/Lip Band
SystemOne Seal/Lip Band

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Cat Abrasion
Seal Surface

The harder coating and shallow, narrow seal groove keep the joint sealed and full of oil.

Cat Abrasion Seal Surface
Cat Abrasion Seal Surface

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SystemOne
Seal Surface

The laser-cladded, deep, wide seal groove is causing the joint to go dry.

SystemOne Seal Surface
SystemOne Seal Surface

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Cat Abrasion by the numbers

2X

the seal life of SystemOne

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50%

lower cost per ton*

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0

bushing turns needed

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6,000

hours of assurance

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*vs. Heavy Duty Extended Life (HDXL) with DuraLink™ undercarriage