Caterpillar Performance Handbook, January 2017, SEBD0351-47

Applications Guarding Recommendation

Mobile Scrap and Demolition Shears

MOBILE SCRAP AND DEMOLITION SHEARS C Series Shears incorporate a bolt-on piercing tip — a key feature for enhancing up time for shears. ● Changeable with common hand tools. ● Dual-sided protecting the moving jaw on both sides. ● Fully reversible tip and blades. Cat Mobile Scrap and Demolition Shears are avail- able in six sizes and feature: ● Straight lower, apex upper jaw design. ● 360 degree bidirectional rotation system. ● Adjustable hub allows users to maintain tolerances between the jaws in the field. ● High force to weight ratio. ● Long wearing alloy steel blades. ● Cutting edges mounted on the side of the shear jaws and are visible to the operator. ● Shears can be mounted on boom or stick.

Applications: Cat Mobile Scrap and Demolition Shears are designed to cut and reduce the size of metal items commonly found in scrap yards, buildings, and other structures. The profiles on the next page approximate shear cutting capacity. The cutting capacities listed on the next page were achieved by cutting the specified steel profiles with a shear operating pressure at 35 000 kPa (5075 psi) and knives in slightly used condition. Lower operating pressures, dull knife edges, and harder steels will obviously reduce cutting capability. Guarding Recommendation Shears used in hazardous applications like demoli- tion, and scrap and material handling can create a need for special operator guarding due to flying or falling objects. When using a shear, additional protective devices such as a front screen, Falling Object Guarding System (FOGS, includes top and front guarding), thick poly- carbonate windshields or a combination of these is rec- ommended by Caterpillar. Contact your Cat dealer for operator guarding options on your machine.

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