Breaking atoms
Sep 14, 2020
4 minutes
Critical to the life of any breaker is proper lubrication.
While rock breakers aren’t inexpensive, their initial investment is far lower than that for the machines on which they’re mounted. It can be hard to remember that breakers are not indestructible, disposable, nor exempt from proper maintenance, and that downtime for a breaker, like downtime for any piece of equipment, leads to costly delays.
PROPER USE
The first step in breaker preventative maintenance is to use the tool properly.
“Operator skill remains the foremost determiner of breaker service life,” says Caterpillar business development representative Tom Munch.
Here are seven things to keep
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