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Quality & Traceability

The patented Expander System has been endurance tested for over 50,000 hours without failure and more than 1 million pivot pins have been installed in over 60,000 applications. 

Our production facilities around the world are equipped to enable high-speed manufacturing and delivery of complete pivot assemblies. 

We in­vest in the latest production technol­ogy to ensure maximum capability and quality, and we produce all parts of the Expander System.

Certificates 

We can deliver certificates and test­ing according to your needs. For exam­ple, certificates according to EN10204 or Ultrasonic-, Magnetic particle- and Charpy testing.

  • DNV for the offshore industry
  • TÜV Rheinland

Quality & Environmental Assurance

  • DNV 2:22/ OS E-101
  • API 8C/ISO 13535
  • ISO 9001
  • ISO 14001

Traceability & Control

The Expander Systems are dot pin marked with a lot number to ensure that you know exactly from where the steel originates and when it was made. You also have the opportunity to mark Expander axles with your brand to show your customers that you take pride in the details.

The Expander System is a recipient of the Alfred Nobel Swedish Innovation Development Award. 

Customer success stories

An innovative solution for a special bridge 140 meters in length, 45 meters wide and 3,400 metric tons heavy. And gold coloured. The new bridge in Stockholm is definitely set to be a new landmark in Sweden’s capital city. Read More
Expander System Keeps Municipal Projects on Track A simple solution using the Expander System fixed a costly and time-consuming problem. Read More
Reducing lug wear once and for all Earthworks contractor, Blackwell, supplies all the mining equipment at House of Water, one of the last remaining surface coal mines in the UK. Read More
Steering pins replaced fast THE CHALLENGE A mining company in Canada needed a better solution for replacing the steering pins on its fleet of one hundred Komatsu trucks. With the traditional method, replacing the pins took aro... Read More
Safe and Effective Wind Turbine Maintenance Nearly two years ago, US company All Energy Management (AEM) began developing retrofits and training companies that service a fleet of 1,000 wind turbines in the UK, the US, Canada and Italy. Read More
Creating big opportunities for Expander System distributor Viggo Bendz has started supplying Stena Recycling with the Expander System for their grab machines - a potentially lucrative development for a small independent operator. Read More
No downtime with innovative Expander System pivot pins Rambooms Oy is a global supplier of breaker boom systems to crusher manufacturers and mines. Based in Finland, its products are used to break oversized rocks. Read More
Easy installation of Expander System makes lives easier Stora Enso focuses on providing renewable solutions in packaging, biomaterials, wooden constructions and paper globally. Read More
Quadrupled machine life and thousands of dollars saved The Yanacocha Mine in Northern Peru is one of the largest gold mines in the world. As in any industry, downtime means lost productivity and – as a result – lost money. Keeping the operations running is always of the utmost importance. Read More
Expander System saves a day of work Gamleby Forest is a logging company with a number of harvesters in their fleet. Read More
New Horizons With the Expander System Boskalis has chosen Expander System as their supplier of pivot pins for one of their biggest dredgers – backhoe dredger Baldur. Read More
Expander System passes 50 000h of testing with flying colors The Expander System was field tested in the steering cylinder position on Volvo BM 4300 wheel loaders through four machine lives in Sweden over a period of six years. Read More
Full trust in Expander from the first installation Swedish company Maskinia is a general agent for some of the world’s leading machine manufacturers. Read More

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