Shovel loader

These are used primarily to excavate earth and load into hauling units such as trucks or tractor pulled wagons or in conveyer belt etc. Shovels can be used to excavate all type of soils except hard rocks without prior loosening.

The quantity of materials that can be hauled by the loader depends upon its bucket capacity. Loader bucket capacities are specified by the manufacturer either in terms of heaped capacity or struck capacity. However, planning can be based on the loose soil struck capacity of the bucket, and the heaped capacity (loose soil) can be converted into struck capacity (loose soil) as under:

Bucket struck capacity = bucket heaped capacity X fill-factor

Type of shovels  

Shovels can be divided into the following groups:

1. Crawler mounted shovels

2. Tyred mounted shovels

3. Self-propelled shovels

4. Non self-propelled shovels.

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