Abstract: A locking assembly is arranged for releasably locking a shroud to a carrier. The locking assembly includes a main body, a piston and a bolt provided with a thread engaging a corresponding thread of the piston for controlling the position of the piston relative to the main body. The locking assembly also includes a retaining arrangement including a plurality of balls securing the bolt within a central recess of the main body.

Abstract: A sensor assembly is arranged for attachment to a ground engaging tool. The sensor assembly includes an inner case and an outer case. The inner case houses a sensor configured to measure a gap to an adjacent surface, wherein the outer case is provided with a first cavity for receiving the inner case through an opening of the first cavity such that the inner case is movably guided in the outer case for movement into and out of the outer case along a predetermined path of movement. The sensor assembly includes a biasing legs arranged to bias the inner case in a direction out of the outer case along said predetermined path of movement.

Abstract: A locking assembly is arranged for releasably locking a shroud to a carrier. The locking assembly includes a main body, a piston and a bolt provided with a thread engaging a corresponding thread of the piston for controlling the position of the piston relative to the main body. The locking assembly also includes a retaining arrangement including a plurality of balls securing the bolt within a central recess of the main body.

Abstract: A system for monitoring a status of attachment of a ground engaging tool (GET) at a mining, earth moving or rock processing machine. The system includes providing GET with at least one proximity sensor configured to sense a proximity of the GET relative to a mount region of heavy machinery to which the GET is mountable. The proximity sensor is configured to generate proximity data that is transmitted from the GET via a wireless communication pathway to a receiver located remote from the GET with the receiver configured to output in real-time the attachment status of the GET. The present system is advantageous to identify partial detachment or loosening of a GET so as to prevent undesirable GET loss and contamination of extracted or processed raw material.

Abstract: A system for monitoring a status of attachment of a ground engaging tool (GET) at a mining, earth moving or rock processing machine. The system includes providing GET with at least one proximity sensor configured to sense a proximity of the GET relative to a mount region of heavy machinery to which the GET is mountable. The proximity sensor is configured to generate proximity data that is transmitted from the GET via a wireless communication pathway to a receiver located remote from the GET with the receiver configured to output in real-time the attachment status of the GET. The present system is advantageous to identify partial detachment or loosening of a GET so as to prevent undesirable GET loss and contamination of extracted or processed raw material.