Filament wound bushings increase MTBF for Herder The boom arm on any piece of agricultural equipment is subject to heavy loads, vibra- tions and occasional shock loads. These booms, which use hydraulic cylinders to actuate, use bronze bushings to connect the boom segments, and steel-on-steel spheri- cal plain bearings to “anchor” the cylinders. Both the spherical plain bearings and the bronze bushings require regular relubrica- tion due to

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