Hydraulic Excavator

Sample of Equipment taken for analysis:

Make Komatsu

Model PC 100 PC 150 PC 200 PC 300

Operating weight, kg 10 700 14 700 18 000 29 000

Flywheel HP 80 100 120 200

Bucket capacity (heaped),m3

SAE Range 0.18~0.56 0.57~0.75 0.36~1.40 0.50~1.80

Bucket chosen 67 95 107 158

Estimated cycle time, s 19 24 27 30

Estimated Standard 67 95 107 158

Production, Qstd*, m3/hr

*Figures are obtained by interpolating values from the chart: CPH-11/95 & KSAH-10/3A-121

Production as per Estimating Production chart:

Estimated production, Q = Estimated Standard Production x Bucket Factor x Job Efficiency

Q = Qstd x K x E ( m3/hr )

Soil Type* Bucket factor, K** Job efficiency, E

Excavating condition K Operating condition E

I Easy excavating 1.1 ~ 1.2 Good 0.83

II Average excavating 1.0 ~ 1.1 Average 0.75

III Rather difficult excavating 0.8 ~ 0.9 Rather poor 0.67

 IV Difficult excavating 0.7 ~ 0.8 Poor 0.58

*Soil Type I II III IV

Soft soil Hard soil Soft rock Hard rock

**K 1.1 1.0 0.8 0.7

Estimated Production, Q (m3/hr):

Soil Type Correction factor Equipment model

KxE PC 100 PC 150 PC 200 PC 300

I 0.91 61 86 97 144

II 0.75 50 71 80 119

III 0.54 36 51 58 85

IV 0.41 27 39 44 65

Estimated production calculation as per formulae, Q (m3/hr):

Q = q x ( 60 x 60 / Cm ) x K x E where, q : production per cycle, (m3/cycle)

Cm : cycle time, (s)

Cycle time, Cm (s)

Standard Cycle Time, Cmstd (s) (KSAH-10/12A-10)

Swing Angle Range, () Machine model

PC 100 PC 150 PC 200 PC 300

45 ~ 90 11 ~ 14 13 ~ 16 13 ~ 19 15 ~ 18

90 ~ 180 14 ~ 17 16 ~ 19 16 ~ 19 18 ~ 21

Conversion Factor of Backhoe, F (KSAH-10/12A-10)

Digging Condition*,(%) Dumping condition**

Easy Normal Rather Difficult

difficult

 40 0.7 0.9 1.1 1.4

40 ~ 75 0.8 1.0 1.3 1.6

 75 0.9 1.1 1.5 1.8

*Digging Condition(%) = ( Digging depth / Specified max. Digging depth ) x 100

**Dumping Condition:

 Easy: Dump onto spoil pile

 Normal: Large dump target

 Rather Difficult: Small dump target

 Difficult: Small dump target requiring max. dumping reach

The Cycle Time is determined by taking practical measurement of Excavating Time (t1), Swing

Time (loaded) (t2), Dumping Time (t3) and Swing Time (empty) (t4). Thus:

Cm = t1 + t2 + t3 + t4

However, for rough estimation, Cm can be found as:

Cm = Cmstd x F (s)

Example:

PC 200 Excavator is working in following condition. Find its Cycle time and hourly output
 1. Excavation and duping unto a dump-truck body

2. Type sol is sticky clay

3. Angle of swing is 120 degrees

4. Digging condition is 50 % of the digging depth

Cm = Cmstd x F

= 19 x 1.3 = 24.7 s

Q = q x ( 60 x 60 / Cm ) x K x E

= 0.8 x ( 3600 / 24.7 ) x 1.0 x 0.75

= 87 m3/hr

Fuel Consumption (estimated), l/hr:

Equipment model PC 100 PC 150 PC 200 PC 300

Fuel consumption, l/hr 8 10 12 20