Power shovel
Power shovel:-
A power shovel (also stripping shovel or front shovel or electric mining shovel) is a bucket-equipped machine, usually electrically powered, used for digging and loading earth or fragmented rock and for mineral extraction.
Design:-
Shovels normally consist of a revolving deck with a power plant, driving and controlling mechanisms, usually a counterweight, and a front attachment, such as a crane ("boom") which supports a handle ("dipper" or "dipper stick") with a digger ("bucket") at the end. "Dipper" is also sometimes used to refer to the handle and digger combined. The machinery is mounted on a base platform with tracks or wheels. Modern bucket capacities range from 8 m3 to nearly 80 m3.
Use:-
Power shovels are used principally for excavation and removal of overburden in open-cut mining operations, though it may include loading of minerals, such as coal. They are the modern equivalent of steam shovels, and operate in a similar fashion.
Operation:-
The shovel operates using several main motions:-
Giant Stripping Shovels:-
In the 1950s with the demand for coal at a peak high and more coal companies turning to the cheaper method of strip mining, excavator manufacturers started offering a new super class of power shovels, commonly called giant stripping shovels. Most were built between the 1950s and the 1970s. The world's first giant stripping shovel for the coal fields was the Marion 5760. Unofficially known to its crew and eastern Ohio residences alike as The Mountaineer,[4] it was erected in 1955/56 near Cadiz, Ohio off of Interstate I-70. Larger models followed the successful 5760, culminating in the mid 60s with the gigantic 15,000 ton Marion 6360, nicknamed The Captain.
A power shovel (also stripping shovel or front shovel or electric mining shovel) is a bucket-equipped machine, usually electrically powered, used for digging and loading earth or fragmented rock and for mineral extraction.
Design:-
Shovels normally consist of a revolving deck with a power plant, driving and controlling mechanisms, usually a counterweight, and a front attachment, such as a crane ("boom") which supports a handle ("dipper" or "dipper stick") with a digger ("bucket") at the end. "Dipper" is also sometimes used to refer to the handle and digger combined. The machinery is mounted on a base platform with tracks or wheels. Modern bucket capacities range from 8 m3 to nearly 80 m3.
Use:-
Power shovels are used principally for excavation and removal of overburden in open-cut mining operations, though it may include loading of minerals, such as coal. They are the modern equivalent of steam shovels, and operate in a similar fashion.
Operation:-
The shovel operates using several main motions:-
- hoist - pulling the bucket up through the bank (i.e. the bank of material being dug)
- crowd - moving the dipper handle out or in to control the depth of cut and when positioning to dump
- swing - rotating the shovel between digging and dumping
- propel - moving the shovel unit to different locations or dig positions
- digging
- swinging
- dumping
- returning
Giant Stripping Shovels:-
In the 1950s with the demand for coal at a peak high and more coal companies turning to the cheaper method of strip mining, excavator manufacturers started offering a new super class of power shovels, commonly called giant stripping shovels. Most were built between the 1950s and the 1970s. The world's first giant stripping shovel for the coal fields was the Marion 5760. Unofficially known to its crew and eastern Ohio residences alike as The Mountaineer,[4] it was erected in 1955/56 near Cadiz, Ohio off of Interstate I-70. Larger models followed the successful 5760, culminating in the mid 60s with the gigantic 15,000 ton Marion 6360, nicknamed The Captain.
Notable Examples:-
| Ranking | Bucket Capacity (m3/yd3) | Operating weight (tons)[ | Type | Name | Service | Scrapped |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50/65 | 2,750 | Marion 5760 | The Mountaineer | 1956 | 1988 | |
| 138/180 | 15,000 | Marion 6360 | The Captain | 1965 | 1992 | |
| 107/140 | 9,350 | Bucyrus Erie 3850B | River King | 1964 | 1993 | |
| 99/130 | 6,850 | Bucyrus Erie 1950B | GEM of Egypt | 1967 | 1991 | |
| 96/125 | 9,338 | Marion 5960 | Big Digger | 1969 | 1989 | |
| 88/115 | 6,950 | Bucyrus Erie 3850B | The Big Hog | 1962 | 1985 (Accident) | |
| 80/105 | 7,200 | Bucyrus Erie 1950B | The Silver Spade | 1965 | 2007 | |
| 69/90 | 5,220 | Bucyrus-Erie 1850-B | Big Brutus | 1962 | Preserved as a National Landmark |
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