A robotic welder includes one or more motors, one or more articulating arms connected to the one or more motors, one or more sensors configured to image a wear plate for determining welding locations for welding the wear plate to a blade of a machine, and an orbital welder to rotate a torch head for welding the wear plate to the blade.

A protection system includes a mount for attachment to a wear panel of equipment. The mount includes a first portion which engages the wear panel to be protected and a second portion extending from the first portion which engages an adjacent face to be protected. The second portion has a passage which allows sliding movement of a bolt along the passage. A wear part is releasably mounted to the mount and has a first portion that slidingly engages the first portion of the mount and a second portion that engages the second portion of the mount. The second portion of the wear part has a passage arranged to align with the passage through the second portion of the mount when the wear part and the mount are engaged. A bolt extends through the aligned passages to secure the wear part to the mount via a locking member.

An adapter includes a first leg, a second leg, and a throat portion that define a slot defining a direction of assembly onto a work implement assembly, a lateral direction that is perpendicular to the direction of assembly, and a vertical direction that is perpendicular to the direction of assembly and the lateral direction. The throat portion further includes a first throat side surface disposed along the lateral direction and a second throat side surface disposed on the opposite side of the throat portion along the lateral direction. The first throat side surface defines a first adapter cover receiving recess.

A work tool or a wear member includes a working portion or a wear portion, a hollow portion that further defines a lock receiving aperture defining an axis of rotation, a radial direction, and a circumferential direction. The axis of rotation is transverse to the direction of assembly of work tool or wear member as the member is slid over a nose portion of a tool adaptor or the like. The axis of rotation is spaced away from the direction the pin receiving thru-hole extends a predetermined distance measured along the direction of assembly.

An article handler for attachment to a front end loader, the article handler comprising a support body and a jaw assembly, the support body comprising a proximal end adapted for attachment to the front end loader, and a distal end adapted for attachment of the jaw assembly. The article handler may be adapted to handle, install, and dismount ground engaging tools (GET), such as teeth for excavating buckets.

An edge plate removal system includes a frame, a set of alignment rods attached to the frame, a set of clamping assemblies attached to the frame, a handle attached to the frame, and a set of lift points attached to the frame. Each alignment rod, of the set of alignment rods, is configured to be inserted into a bore of an edge plate (e.g., a cutting edge) of an implement (e.g., a blade) of a machine. Each clamping assembly, of the set of clamping assemblies, is configured to clamp the edge plate and includes a first clamp and a second clamp, a clamp rod, a set of retention nuts, and a set of tightening nuts. The handle and the set of lift points are configured to facilitate application of a pulling force on the edge plate when the edge plate is clamped by the clamping assembly.

A device for removing a wear member from a ground engaging surface, the device comprising: a body having cavity and a wear member engaging portion to engage the wear member when the wear member extends into the cavity; a gripper movable relative to the body, the gripper having a bracing member adapted to bear against a portion of the ground engaging surface to thereby provide a load path from the ground engaging surface to the wear member engaging portion; and a first actuator connected to the gripper and the body, to apply a force to the gripper, to urge the gripper to move relative to the body, such that, when the bracing member bears against the ground engaging surface, movement of the gripper relative to the body removes the wear member from the ground engaging surface.

A wear part for earthmoving equipment may include an exterior surface having a hole, and a lifting connector secured in the hole and movable between a lifting position where the lifting connector can be coupled to a lifting device and a recessed position where at least part of the lifting connector is positioned farther from the exterior surface than when in the lifting position.

A coupling for connecting ground engaging tools to a lip of an excavator bucket or similar uses an eccentric rotating lock, whereby rotation of the lock alters the distance between bearing surfaces and thus allows tightening of the lock.

A handling system for handling ground-engaging wear parts used on earth working equipment includes handling tools to remove and handle wear parts from equipment and/or to install new wear parts. The tools can include a torque or other tool to engage and/or disengage a lock retained by the wear member. The handling system allows an operator maintain a distance from heavy parts being removed or installed, reducing the risk of injury.