Cutter suction dredger BWD400

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Bucketwheel Suction Dredges It is a relatively recent development. The problems associated with encouraging the mining and gravel recovery industries to accept the bucketwheel approach. sandstone material which has proved the end of many a Cutterhead Dredge – the Bucketwheel properly designed will cut through indurated sand or hardpan with barely a hiccup. ✔ Advantage The ability to dredge sand, gravel and clay combinations render them most suitable for alluvial dredging in river beds where the valuable minerals are likely to appear. The ability to handle submerged vegetation such as tree trunks, and the like, open a large area of opportunity in other mining leases. Again properly designed bucketwheels will effectively collect a wide range of these materials within the bucketwheel and direct them the short distance to the suction pipe and thereby via the ladder pump into the delivery pipeline.