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When excavating high-abrasion crushed basalt or quartz, which component experiences the highest wear rate?

85%

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Abrasive granite, quartz, or basalt blocks subject the ground-engaging tools (GET) of the bucket (tips, adapter shanks, bucket shrouds) to high mechanical abrasion, requiring regular hard-weld lining inspections.

When excavating high-abrasion crushed basalt or quartz, which component experiences the highest wear rate?

Highly polished hydraulic cylinder shafts

Ground engaging tool, specifically bucket teeth

Enclosed planetary gears inside travel motors

Alternator drive belt inside engine compartment

85%