that are moul

Tawler cks and ther et with cha

andon:steep slopes. can operate eve Arive
ith cutting edge
of the bull even im
b l a d ew t h

enable cuttin and

to enable
dozer is set
pushing the loosened perpendicular
s t hb
e lad

hechani v e
drave

hain tilt the i hlade to a ditterent to the

to
angle, the earth
se
are
called
'angle dozers"', excavated forward earth gets

useful
the usefu
of the
s cOnsIded one
to a
up to
up shallow earth-mOving
depth, haul equip1ment as it is
and
c a r t h

can
nilomm
dig
mickness ere discharge the materialselfin
Tequired. The main advantage
ation
earth and the thickness of spreading the of scraper is that the
of carth

nth
can
be ntrolled rather precisel However excavated carth at the
s
( t lm
l a t e r i a l .
scrapers are not capable of

arimarily to excavate earth of all classes

J prunar
used

gorel
is
nd6 shovels els may be mounted on crawler tracks and
may
except rock and to load it
ower
alow
powespeeds, Fig. 8.5 shows the operation and basic partsso oftheyapower shovel;
are stable and
hudewUhemounting, cab, boom, dipper stick, dipper and hoist ine. The power
r y operate to excavate earth from a lower level where it stands. As
1etkctvelyc

edupwards, the cutting edge can excavate even stiff earth; the boom of the
the
d the
and the excavated material can be dumped into the wagon.
Jn ng
DIPPER
STICK
BOOM HOIST LINE

CAB

CRAWLER
MOUNTING
TT
LDIPPER

Fig. 8.5 Power shovel

Hoe is meant to
:belowexcavating equipment
of the power shovel family.
capable of
h

is
the natural surface where the machine is stationed and
R5e control of depth of excavation at close range work. Fig. 8.6 shows the
a hoe
ateand its basic parts. Hoe can exert high tooth pressures and hence can
if mat
wnich normally cannot be excavated by dragline.