Spain-based wear parts major MTG has introduced the new RSU tooth specially designed for rope shovel applications with an aggressive digging angle, which turns into premature wear of the upper side. Compared to the RSX, the new RSU tooth profile has a reinforced upper surface with 7.5% more wear material while keeping the same length. This protects it optimally from such specific signs of wear, ensuring maximum durability, while maintaining a good penetration during the entire wear life.

“Working closely together with the end user and the local MTG dealer makes it possible to quickly analyse the special demand and to answer the customers need for this specific mining pattern. This is a flexibility that MTG can offer due to its GET know-how, strong collaborations and its capability for customising solutions.” As an additional tooth design of the StarMet rope shovels product family, the RSU is compatible with all existing adapters (size 500), which makes it applicable to Whisler 10 (WH10), Whisler 12 (WH12) as well as Berkeley (BK6.00) lips. The 129 kg MA500RSU tooth is already available; MTG says a certain amount of stock can be delivered directly while big batches will need to be produced on demand.