The L35GSM cast steel – possibilities of structure and properties shaping at the example of crawler links

The article presents basic reasons for plastic degradation of track links in working machine undercarriage. Besides the problems related to the loading of links with bending moment caused by passing of a machine (undercarriage) through trajectory curvatures, the important issue is the internal structure of the L35GSM cast steel, which conditions its usefulness as a material for track links. This issue is being discussed in the following publication.