Bucket-wheel excavator

Bucket-wheel excavator (BWE) adalah alat berat yang digunakan di penambangan terbuka. Fungsinya adalah sebagai mesin pengeruk atau penggali skala besar dan kontinu. BWE mirip dengan bucket-chain excavator, namun dibedakan dengan penggunaan roda yang memiliki banyak "ember" (bucket) di sisi-sisinya yang digunakan untuk mengeruk secara bergantian.

Bucket wheel excavator di tambang terbuka Garzweiler

Roda yang dilengkapi "ember" pengeruk

Referensi

• Economic and technologic aspects of Bucketwheel Excavators - and Crusher/Conveyor-Systems
• Structural Analysis of Continuous Ship Unloader, Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2012 Proceedings, 2012.11, 2075-2078 (4 pages)
• Bucket Wheel Excavators at Extreme Machines
• Bucket Wheel Excavators World wide Installations Diarsipkan 2011-07-18 di Wayback Machine.
• Tenova Takraf, a major manufacturer of open cast mining equipment-including the world's biggest Bucket wheel excavator Diarsipkan 2014-08-03 di Wayback Machine.
• Photo of bucket-wheel excavator crossing a road: Astronomy Picture of the Day 22 November 2006
• "Big Wheels Keep on Turning" - Information about the development of bucket-wheel excavators and similar vehicles.
• "Shovels Attached to Wheel in Big Evcavator" Popular Mechanics, February 1935
• Sandvik Mining and Construction Products > Bulk materials handling equipment > Bucket wheel excavators >PE200-1400/2x30 Diarsipkan 2016-12-20 di Wayback Machine.