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Customization in BWE design
Published in Tibor G. Rozgonyi, Tad S. Golosinski, Continuous Surface Mining, 2020
The mining of gravel, chalk and other minerals, as well as work on building sites, do not place any particular demands on the bucket wheel excavator with regard to excavation geometry or the possibility of selective operation. The bench conveyors are generally short, so that a less favourable efficiency factor has no great effect on the investment costs for the bucket wheel excavator system. In view of this, the mining of gravel, chalk and other minerals, and work on building sites, are applications for which the compact bucket wheel excavator is suitable.
Fossil Energy Markets
Published in Anco S. Blazev, Global Energy Market Trends, 2021
The equipment used in strip mining depends on the local geological conditions. For example, to remove overburden that is loose or unconsolidated, a bucket wheel excavator might be used as the most efficient and productive piece of equipment.
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Published in Anco S. Blazev, Energy Security for The 21st Century, 2021
The equipment used in strip mining depends on the local geological conditions. For example, to remove overburden that is loose or unconsolidated, a bucket wheel excavator might be used as the most efficient and productive piece of equipment.
Experimental – numerical method for assessing the condition of opencast mining and material handling equipment
Published in Australian Journal of Structural Engineering, 2019
Przemysław Moczko, Damian Pietrusiak
The most effective way to formulate such an inspection schedule is to use information obtained during technical condition assessment described in this paper. This method helps to identify locations prone to fatigue and estimate their residual life and then to use this information to adequately carry out the inspections. Figure 12 is an example of fatigue-prone locations that were identified using the proposed method in the structural components of a bucket wheel excavator. Such a detailed and accurate report helps to reduce inspection costs and time and improves the safety of operation. This approach has been successfully implemented in the majority of bucket wheel excavators and spreaders operating in Polish opencast mines.
Whole-body vibration exposure on earthmoving equipment operators in construction industries
Published in Cogent Engineering, 2018
B.O. Akinnuli, O.A. Dahunsi, S.P. Ayodeji, O.P. Bodunde
EME as classified by Yamazaki Construction Company (2003) includes scrapers, dozers, heavy haul trucks, backhoes, graders, pail loaders, etc. These equipment are used to perform tasks such as excavating, earthmoving and paving on the construction sites. Others are equipment such as plough attached to a tractor on the agricultural sites and equipment such as haulage trucks, scissors lift, tunnelling equipment, bucket chain excavator, bucket wheel excavator and gyratory equipment on the mining sites.