Construction & Infrastructure
Bucket-wheel excavator
A bucket-wheel excavator cuts material with a continuously rotating wheel fitted with buckets. Conveyors carry the excavated material away, supporting very high-volume surface mining.
About this artifact
A bucket-wheel excavator cuts material with a continuously rotating wheel fitted with buckets. Conveyors carry the excavated material away, supporting very high-volume surface mining.
Sources & image credits
Documented image of this machine or its operating principle; see image credits for the original date and subject.
Image: Garzweiler_Tagebau-1230.jpg
Creator: Raimond Spekking
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
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