Top 10 Best Bucket Wheel Excavators
Here is the list of Top 10 Best Bucket Wheel Excavators, impressive mining machines equipped with huge excavation wheels which are more than 90 meters high and are used for the extraction of raw materials in open pit mines around the world these are the 10 largest bucket wheel excavators in the world.
List of Top 10 Best Bucket Wheel Excavators
10. PE100 (Bucket Wheel Excavator)
it is a compact bucket wheel excavator that was built in Sweden by the Sandvik company the matra power plant in Hungary has used it since 2007 to extract lignite or mineral coal and produce the energy it can work with different materials and extract 6700 cubic meters of coal every hour it measures 24 meters high and weighs 1650 tons it’s hydraulic arm is 28 meters long and can work at a maximum height of 20 meters its wheel measures 12 meters in diameter and has 16 buckets with a total capacity of 29 cubic meters
9. ER-1250 (Bucket Wheel Excavator)
it is designed for the extraction of hard lignite in open pit mining operations it provides a high rate of excavated rock mass via rail transport or by mining trucks, it is prepared to work at extreme temperatures of up to 40 degrees below zero it measures 48.5 meters long by 16 meters wide and 22 meters high its wheel measures 6.5 meters in diameter and has a maximum digging height of 17 meters and a digging depth of 1 meter it weighs 675 tons and can extract two thousand cubic meters of material per hour
8. BARRACUDA (Bucket Wheel Excavator)
it was built in 2016 by the ThyssenKrupp company and has been used in countries such as Thailand for the extraction of mineral coal it can excavate or cut through the hardest material layers and has an extraction capacity of 7 500 cubic meters per hour it is used as an alternative to conventional drill and blast methods used in coal or mineral extraction its wheel is equipped with closely spaced buckets in order to increase productivity it can work together with a mobile conveyor that allows it to operate continuously in large mining projects
7. FAM SR 800 P9 (Bucket Wheel Excavator)
it is the largest bucket wheel excavator in South America for its purpose and was built in 2015 for the Codelco company it is used for the extraction of copper in the Radomir Tomic mine in chile it measures 50 meters long by 25 meters high and weighs 1000 tons its wheel measures 19 meters in diameter and has a total of 16 buckets it can travel at a speed of 15 meters per minute and can extract 14 500 tons of material per hour the construction of the excavator lasted three years and the Codelco company began using it in chile in 2018
6. KU300 (Bucket Wheel Excavator)
it was built in Czechia and has been used for mining coal for more than 30 years it has been rebuilt and modernized to increase its reliability during mining processes it measures 66 meters long by 28 meters high and weighs 1250 tons it moves on a triple caterpillar tractor and its hydraulic arm is 7.8 meters long its wheel measures 7.5 meters in diameter and has 13 buckets with a total capacity of 5 cubic meters it has a working height of 19.5 meters and can extract up to 1200 tons of coal per hour
5. SCHRS 900 (Bucket Wheel Excavator)
it was built in Germany by the Orenstein in Koppel company and has been used for coal mining in Poland for more than 40 years during these years it has been moved on several occasions and moving at a speed of 8 meters per minute it was put into operation in 1977 and has been used in different mines in Poland it is 40 meters wide weighs 2 400 tons and can extract 4100 cubic meters of material per hour its wheel measures 10 meters in diameter and has 14 buckets with a total capacity of 12.6 cubic meters
4. KU800 (Bucket Wheel Excavator)
it is a self-propelled bucket wheel excavator that was manufactured in the Czech republic in 1981. since 1996 it has been rebuilt and modernized and has been used in the Czech republic for coal mining it measures 170 meters long by 52 meters high and weighs 4 300 tons it has a working height of 32 meters and can travel at a maximum speed of 3 meters per minute on any type of terrain its wheel measures 12.5 meters in diameter and has 15 buckets with a total capacity of 15 cubic meters or 15 000 liters
3. K-2000 (Bucket Wheel Excavator)
it was built in 1987 with the aim of using it in the Belina mine in the Czech republic it measures 57 meters high and weighs 8 400 tons it is designed to work in tough mining conditions and combines high strength with high digging power it can work at a height of 35 meters and can extract 5500 cubic meters per hour it transports the material through a long distance conveyor belt that is 2 meters wide its wheel measures 13 meters in diameter and has 15 buckets with a total capacity of 24 cubic meters
2. BAGGER 258 (Bucket Wheel Excavator)
it was built in 1957 by the German engineering company Orenstein and Koppel it has been used for coal mining in western Germany and is currently operated by the German company RWE power it needs four operators to operate and can move at a maximum speed of 8 meters per minute it measures 171 meters long by 50 meters high its wheel measures 15 meters in diameter and has 10 buckets with a total capacity of 22.5 cubic meters it weighs 3850 tons and can extract 110 000 cubic meters of material per day
1. BAGGER 293 (Bucket Wheel Excavator)
it was built in 1995 by the Takraf company and is used for the extraction of mineral coal in Germany it measures 225 meters long by 96 meters high it weighs 14 200 tons and can move at a speed of 10 meters per minute it can work at a height of 51 meters and within a radius of 100 meters its wheel measures 21.6 meters in diameter and has 18 buckets with a total capacity of 118 cubic meters it can move 240 000 cubic meters of material per day and currently holds the world record for the world’s heaviest land vehicle.
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