Power shovel
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power-shovel-300-1975406
title:
Power shovel
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A power shovel, also known as a motor shovel, stripping shovel, front shovel, mining shovel or rope shovel, is a bucket-equipped machine usually powered by steam, diesel fuel, gasoline or electricity and used for digging and loading earth or fragmented rock and for mineral extraction. Power shovels are a type of rope/cable excavator, where the digging arm is controlled and powered by winches and steel ropes, rather than hydraulics like in the modern hydraulic excavators.
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Bucket-equipped machine used for digging and loading earth
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_shovel
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2024-02-20T21:21:01Z
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