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- Code Number:
- IPND01_001
- Title:
- The Silver Spade, Bucyrus-Erie, giant power shove, model 1950-B, 1950s
- Began operations - November 1965
Speed - 1/4 mph (400 m/h)
Bucket capacity - 105 cu yd (80 m3)
Operating weight - 14,000,000 lb (7,000 short tons, 6,400 metric tons)
Height - 220 feet to top of boom (67 m)
Boom length - 200 feet (61 m)
Width - 59 feet (18 m)
Height of crawlers - 8 feet (2.5 m)
Length of crawlers - 34 feet (10 m)
Maximum dumping height - 139 feet (42 m)
Maximum dumping radius - 195 feet (59 m)
Rating on A.C. motors - 13,500 hp (10.1 MW) peak
Entire operation of the shovel is controlled by two hand levers and a pair of foot pedals.
Digs 315,000 lb (143 metric tons) of earth in a single bite, swings 180? and deposits the load up to 390 feet (119 m) away from the digging points at heights up to 140 feet (42.5 m).
Machine's four 2 5?8-inch-diameter (67 mm) hoist ropes total 3,000 feet (914 m) in length.
Fourteen main digging cycle motors are capable of developing a combined peak of 13,500 hp (10.1 MW) at peak load.
Automatically leveled through four 54-inch-diameter (1,400 mm) hydraulic jacks.
Swings a 105 cubic yard (80 m3) dipper from a 200 feet (61 m) boom and a 122 feet (37 m) dipper handle.
The "GEM of Egypt", the other large shovel, has similar statistics concerning size and weight, etc. The primary difference is the bucket and boom. The GEM is a 130 cubic-yard (99.4 m3) bucket and 170 feet (52 m) boom, while the Spade sports 105 cubic-yard (80 m3) bucket and 200 feet (61 m) boom. - Keywords:
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