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Bucket classification of excavators

Jul 19, 2022

                                               Bucket classification of excavators

   Many people will pay more attention to the size of the tonnage and some of the assistive devices and engine types of the machine when choosing the excavator, of course, this piece is also more understanding, how to choose the bucket worn for the machine itself.

   According to the type of bucket to classify, excavators are divided into positive shovel, backhoe excavator, pull and grab shovel these categories, generally the front shovel excavator is used to excavate materials above the surface, and the backhoe excavator is used to excavate materials below the surface.

   Backhoe type is our more common, backward downward, forced cutting soil, mainly used for excavation below the shutdown work surface, the conventional operation methods are: trench end excavation, trench side excavation, straight line excavation, curve excavation, maintain a certain angle of excavation, ultra-deep trench excavation and trench slope excavation, etc., that the shoveling action of the shovel excavator is mainly forward upwards, forced cutting soil. This type of bucket can excavate soil above the shutdown surface, and it can be used to dig dry foundation pits with a height of more than 2 m, but with up and down ramps. The bucket of the front shovel is also the bucket of the large-capacity backhoe excavator, which can excavate the first to third types of soil with a water content of not more than 27%, and cooperate with the dump truck to complete the entire excavation and transportation operation, and can also excavate large dry foundation pits and mounds.

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