Waterways IrelandDaewoo Solar 150LC-V crawler excavator, used for canal maintenance.
Crawler Excavator Market - Overview. Crawler excavators are commonly utilized construction and mining equipment. They comprise a bucket attached at the front of the articulated tractor and are employed for earth-moving, digging, and grading. However, the attachment of the excavator can be changed according to the requirement.
A crawler excavator (or crawling digger) is a tracked vehicle designed to dig or grade, or move earth and large objects, and is classified by its mode of locomotion. The many types of excavators include wheeled, walker, towed and rail excavators. Related to tracked tanks widely used by armies, these crawlers move upon the same rotating wheel systems, but also have the ability to dig, pick and transport excavated materials as they proceed.
Crawler excavator
Components[edit]
The crawler excavator components include a major crawler chassis, rotor support, the central swivel joints, turntables, the device weight, the panel, cab and air-conditioners.
Chassis[edit]
Crawler chassis
The chassis moves the excavator. It resembles a tank track, including planes and running track and operated by a motor-reducer pipe.
Applications[edit]
Crawler excavators are widely used in construction work, such as digging trenches, holes and foundations, as well as for handling materials, moving earth, demolition, dredging, etc. Other attachments adapt the crawler excavator for boring, ripping, crushing, cutting and lifting.
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