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3 August, 2023

Case study cover for AEIS LLC: Failure Analysis of Excavator Heel due to Fatigue and HAZ

Failure Analysis of a Excavator Heel due to Fatigue and HAZ

One broken boom heel of a Liebherr excavator 995 was submitted for failure analysis. The excavator was used on a marine boat. The heel had cracked above the weld to the deck mounting. Visual examination, chemical, mechanical and metallographic analyses…