The bucket dredger is one of the mechanical dredgers. A bucket dredger is a stationary dredger that is equipped with a continuous chain of buckets, which are carried through a structure, the ladder.
Bucket dredgers can be used in almost every type of soil, from mud to soft rock. When a rock has been fragmented by blasting, bucket dredgers are often used, because of their relative lack of sensitivity to variations in the size of the stones. It has a good ability to fit different kinds of geologic structures. With the advantages of stable performance, long working life, low cost, high efficiency, and little maintenance, It is suitable for sand digging from rivers and lakes. This kind of dredger can also be used in salt mining, offshore dredging, hard riverbed exploitation, and channel cleaning. Pure sand after being sieved and washed by the dredger is widely used in the construction industry.
It can be equipped with ore mining machinery for gold, diamond selection or iron separation. The machinery has the features of automatic work, good extraction rate and high capacity.