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Deano
| August 09, 2013, 12:38:22 PM
Is it used for cutting coal out of the ground?
It is huge!!! | |
JennyLeez
| August 09, 2013, 01:49:28 PM
Its huge alright!!!
Yep thats what it is for but what is it called? | |
intrepid
| August 11, 2013, 10:09:32 AM
Strip miner? | |
JennyLeez
| August 11, 2013, 12:37:51 PM
Yes correct Intrepid 
Stripe Mining machine or Bucket-wheel Excavator
"Strip mining" is the practice of mining a seam of mineral, by first removing a long strip of overlying soil and rock (the overburden). It is most commonly used to mine coal. Strip mining is only practical when the ore body to be excavated is relatively near the surface. This type of mining uses some of the largest machines on earth, including bucket-wheel excavators which can move as much as 12,000 cubic meters of earth per hour.
There are two forms of strip mining. The more common method is "area stripping", which is used on fairly flat terrain, to extract deposits over a large area. As each long strip is excavated, the overburden is placed in the excavation produced by the previous strip. | |
Deano
| August 11, 2013, 03:49:52 PM
Just to give an indication of the size of this strip miner, in the attached photo is a D8 bulldozer this monster grabbed. The dozer is about 35 tonnes. 
http://s15.photobucket.com/user/MJDiment/media/Big%20Digger/Picture6.jpg.html | |
JennyLeez
| August 12, 2013, 02:39:27 PM
Brilliant slideshow. Thanks Deano.
I love the caption 'Wheres my bull dozer' ...lol | |
Babs
| August 16, 2013, 06:58:09 PM
Awwww gee and here was me thinking it was a giant ice cream maker | |
Deano
| August 19, 2013, 04:02:33 PM
Would have sore teeth after that much Babs!  |
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