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  2. Crawler excavator - Wikipedia

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    John Deere 135P excavator with rubber tracked treads. A crawler excavator, also known as a track-type excavator or tracked excavator, is a type of heavy construction equipment primarily used for excavation and earthmoving tasks. It is characterized by its tracked undercarriage, which provides superior mobility and traction compared to wheeled ...

  3. Excavator - Wikipedia

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    Generally, the 3 pumps used in excavators consist of 2 variable displacement piston pumps and a gear pump. The arrangement of the pumps in the excavator unit changes with different manufacturers using different formats. The three main sections of an excavator are the undercarriage, the house and the arm. The boom, the front part that is ...

  4. Compact excavator - Wikipedia

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    A Bobcat excavator is digging for the laying of a broadband cable in central Ystad. There are two distinct classes of compact excavators, conventional tail swing - units that have a rear counterweight that will extend beyond the tracks when the house rotates, and zero-tail swing - units with a house whose diameter stays within the width of the ...

  5. Bucket chain excavator - Wikipedia

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    Bucket chain excavator, human for size comparison. A bucket chain excavator (BCE) is a piece of heavy equipment used in surface mining and dredging. BCEs use buckets on a revolving chain to remove large quantities of material. They are similar to bucket-wheel excavators and trenchers. Bucket chain excavators remove material from below their ...

  6. Amphibious excavator - Wikipedia

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    Amphibious excavators are equipped with a distinctive undercarriage comprising large pontoons or tracks that create low ground pressure. This innovative design enables the machines to float in shallow waters while maintaining stability on soft or unstable terrains.

  7. Excavator controls - Wikipedia

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    ISO excavator controls illustration, color of the control matches the moving part. Additionally there is a switch on the right hand joystick to operate attached tools. The most commonly used control pattern throughout the world is the ISO controls.

  8. Undercarriage - Wikipedia

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    Undercarriage is the part of a moving vehicle that is underneath the main body of the vehicle. The term originally applied to this part of a horse-drawn carriage , and usage has since broadened to include:

  9. Bagger 288 - Wikipedia

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    Bagger 288 (Excavator 288), previously known as the MAN TAKRAF RB288 [2] built by the German company Krupp for the energy and mining firm Rheinbraun, is a bucket-wheel excavator or mobile strip mining machine. When its construction was completed in 1978, Bagger 288 superseded Big Muskie as the heaviest land vehicle in the world, at 13,500 tons. [3]