What Are The Advantages Of Clamshell Bucket？
The clamshell bucket, also known as clamshell bucket, is a professional attachment for excavators.
It completes material grabbing tasks with its unique double jaw opening closing mechanism. It is widely applied in many bulk material projects including dock ship unloading, train wagon loading and unloading, river dredging, sand yard transportation and trench excavation within confined working spaces. Three major types are available for customers, namely hydraulic swing type, rotary swing type and lug plate swing type, which can match different hydraulic pipeline configurations of excavators. The rotary swing clamshell bucket supports 360 degree free rotation. Even in narrow job sites filled with obstacles, operators can adjust grabbing directions freely. It effectively solves the common pain point that standard digging buckets cannot carry out side direction material picking. The hydraulic swing type only requires one set of breaker pipeline to control jaw opening and closing. The rotary swing version can adopt two sets of pipelines to manage rotation and jaw movement separately. Most mainstream brand excavators can mount this attachment without heavy machine modification.
The clamshell bucket is equipped with large bore hydraulic cylinders.
It delivers huge output torque and powerful grabbing force, which greatly accelerates material feeding speed. The connecting rod transmission structure guarantees highly synchronous movement of two bucket jaws. The jaws can close tightly to hold coal, sand, gravel, earth, stone and grain. Material spillage gets minimized so customers suffer less cargo loss. Hydraulic cylinders and connecting rod components are installed inside the bucket body. Outer housing offers solid protection against rock impact and abrasive wear, extending the service life of internal hydraulic parts. Shafts go through strict heat reinforcement treatment. They bear heavy torque under heavy load working conditions and greatly reduce the risk of shaft breakage, ensuring stable and consistent machine performance.
Our clamshell bucket fit excavators from 10 tons to 55 tons. The available bucket volume ranges from 0.4 cubic meters to 3.0 cubic meters. We provide custom made solutions for bucket volume and dimension according to clients’ excavator model, material density and actual site conditions. It meets diverse project requirements from ports, railways, river courses and sand yards. The whole bucket body is welded with high strength wear resistant steel plates. Wear resistant guards are installed on bucket edges to resist impact and abrasion. The bucket maintains good shape even after long time handling sand and ore. The whole assembly adopts user friendly structure design. Wearing parts such as pins and hydraulic cylinders can be disassembled and replaced conveniently. On site inspection and repair are achievable, which greatly cuts down later maintenance time and relevant expenses.
All operations are powered by the excavator hydraulic system. Operators finish all workflows inside the cabin. No workers need to stay close to material piles, so potential safety risks caused by manual loading get avoided. One excavator fitted with a clamshell bucket can independently finish digging, grabbing, transporting and discharging. It reduces on site staff number and labor expenditure, improving overall project returns. For large volume bulk material handling jobs, the clamshell bucket shortens working cycles and raises overall construction productivity. It turns out to be a cost effective excavator attachment for bulk cargo handling scenarios.
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