What Should You Keep in mind About Volvo Machinery Parts
Volvo machinery parts are one of the best in the world for their durability and reliability. Volvo machinery spare parts such as those for construction equipment including the likes of their Volvo wheel loader parts are manufactured to meet their ISO certifications for quality. This is one of many reasons why you should consider purchasing OEM Volvo parts from a trusted spare parts & components dealer.
Volvo parts aren’t just the literal nuts and bolts of their machines. They consider parts to also include refills and stock ups items that you might not consider such as hydraulic fluids, engine oils, grease, and other lubricants and consumables.
The categories of maintenance parts of Volvo machines include filters, lubricants, grease, batteries, hoses, and coolants. Also are the repair parts, which include hydraulics, repair kits, electrical and electronics, cabs and seats, as well as general reman (remanufactured) parts, and engine parts. There are also Volvo wear parts, which are grouped by ground engaging tools, the undercarriage, and maintenance kits.
Under the umbrella of maintenance parts are the filters. Volvo manufactures their filters from high-quality cellulose fibres. The combination of fine fibres to collect minute particles and coarser particles which give thick pores for collecting more particulate matter is balanced depending on the needs of the filter and can be backed up with synthetic fibres in the case of the bypass filter which operates under high pressure and needs the extra strength. These filters include engine oil filters, engine fuel filters, engine air filters, cabin air filters, hydraulic oil filters, and breather filters. Volvo claims that by using their filters and oil you will consume fifty percent less oil and filters.
The next sub-category of maintenance parts are lubricants. This includes engine oils, hydraulic oils, transmission oils, axle oils, wet-brake oils, and grease. Each of these types of oils have undergone component and field tests to ensure that they are best suited to Volvo machines. For instance, when it comes to the hydraulic oil for excavators that Volvo named HO103 for use in excavators, they claim a fifty percent longer oil service interval. They also claim a one-thousand-hour service interval, suggesting to check and maintain the oils and filters for your machine at this operation milestone.
Next in the maintenance parts subsection is the batteries. They claim that these batteries have one hundred percent leak resistance, a twenty percent longer service life than non-genuine alternatives, twenty five percent more starting power than non-genuine alternatives, as well as fast charge recovery and high vibration resistance. Since every fourth machine breakdown is caused due to a defective starter battery, according to Volvo, the more reliable battery that can be used, the better.
Hoses are the next sub-category of maintenance parts and relate to the hydraulic systems which are foundational to almost every piece of construction equipment out there. Almost all Volvo hoses are inspected to prevent leaks in the long term. Hoses are constructed and considered with various aspects in mind, including their bend radius, flexing capabilities, the flow speed, working pressure and pressure peaks, as well as wear and tear from temperatures and vibrations. The hoses are thoroughly cleaned in advance to make sure no contaminants get into the hydraulic system before they are even fitted, and capped for transportation to keep it that way.
Volvo offers several types of grease in this sub-category of maintenance parts. This includes the Resistant Grease 97720 GR102 which is designed for wet environments, where making sure the grease does not wash off quickly is important. For tropical and subtropical environments, this is a must. Whereas, if you are working with heavy load scenarios and the components will be under more duress, Extreme Grease 97765 GR103 is made to take the pressure without squeezing out of the component. And yet further there are types of grease made for high-temperature applications, as well as multi-purpose greases.
Speaking of temperatures, the next sub-category of maintenance parts is coolants. This category is for engine coolants. The resounding advice you’ll find anywhere is to match the coolant with the engine based on the advice from the manufacturer. Volvo coolants, like the rest of their components, have been testing on their machines rigorously. This means they are suited to their metal types, preventing the possibility of corrosion, as well as including superior anti-freeze. The goal with Volvo’s testing and recommendations is to increase the lifetime of their machine and outshine their competitors.
In the category of remaining and repair parts is included the sub-category of hydraulics. This includes the pumps and motors as well as the cylinders and valves that make up a hydraulic system. Volvo suggests their hydraulic pumps will benefit you with improved fuel economy and lower exhaust emissions and their piston pumps provide lower noise, high efficiency, all in a compact design.
Also in this category are driveline repair kits which follow the Volvo best practices. As with the remaining components that Volvo provides, they are all designed, manufactured and tested with the goal in mind that they will last as long as possible and be as easy to repair or replace as possible. This also includes their wear parts, such as the ground engaging tools like bucket teeth and cutting edges and the undercarriage. The undercarriage is for equipment with caterpillar tracks and includes rubber tracks that Volvo created with the aim of low cracking and de-tracking rates.
In general, when you purchase Volvo wheel loader parts for replacement or repair, you can be sure that they have been thoroughly tested and designed to suit your machine as best as possible. For machines in the construction equipment space, which take on heavy duty assignments and need to be relied upon for years, this is a critical requirement that cannot be overlooked.
