Watch Us Build a D10N Certified Rebuild
In the fall of 2001, an Arizona mining operation hired Empire to do Certified Rebuilds on a pair of D10N Track-Type Tractors. Empire Transport picked up the machines at the mine and hauled them to our main campus in Mesa.
Arrival day. Usually, they don't look this good in the "Before" photos.
The first stop for any machine coming into our shops is the steam rack. We wash away the dirt and grime we can get to with the machine still assembled. Our environmentally-friendly steam rack incorporates several features to prevent any dirt, grease, chemicals, or other materials we wash off the unit from escaping. Solid materials are filtered out and sent to hazardous-waste disposal sites.
From the wash rack, the old-timer moves to a bay in our Main Shop. Crews of technicians dismantle the machine with air guns, breaker bars
and even torches. Over time nuts and bolts can fuse so tightly, there's no way to remove them but to cut them off.
Piece by piece, our Technicians disassemble the old warrior.
Before long, nothing is left in the bay except the frame, with its engine and pivot shaft. Soon, those components are gone as well. All soft material like hoses, gaskets, belts and seats are discarded. The metal components that are likely to have some reusable parts go back to the steam rack for another thorough cleaning.
In less than a day, there's nothing left but the D10N's frame. Other components are already in our specialty shops.
Specialty Shops
From the steam rack, each component goes to one of Empire's many specialty shops. Some components will spend time in two or three different shops before they make their way back to the Main Shop.
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Fabrication Shop
Hydraulic Shop
Engine Shop
Component Rebuild Center
Undercarriage Shop
HVC (High Velocity Coating)
Main Shop Reassembly
