bucket-wheel excavator


bucket-wheel excavator

[′bək·ət ‚wēl ′ek·skə‚vād·ər] (mechanical engineering) A continuous digging machine used extensively in large-scale stripping and mining. Abbreviated BWE. Also known as rotary excavator.

bucket-wheel excavator

An excavating machine having a rotating wheel fitted with toothed-edged buckets; used to dig a layer of earth and load it onto a conveyor belt as the machine moves forward under its own power.