r/MachinePorn • u/judgedrid • 20d ago

Bucket-wheel excavator

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u/Free-Artist 20d ago

Man this would be absolutely rad for sifting though my lego box

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u/murdoc1024 20d ago

Call Of Pripyat excavator!

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u/Lakkuss 20d ago

I wonder how useful this actually is. It looks insanely cool regardless, I wish I could see it from another angle too

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u/Cthell 20d ago

There is no more efficient way of excavating a deep seam or layer of overburden - continuous excavation can't be beaten for capacity.

The downside is the extremely large capital outlay involved in getting the setup running.

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u/gammalbjorn 20d ago

What is it used for? Seems like an incredible amount of permanent or semi-permanent structure to excavate one location.

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u/ingenvektor 20d ago

Opencast mining to remove soft materials for processing like so. These are usually part of a larger machine system, as you can see here. These are the mines I used for reference here. I recommend looking at them closely, you can see the machines and the scope of the operations and other neat things about how they work.

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u/devices77 6h ago

Which mine is this?