Bucket wheel excavator - GIF

Bucket wheel excavator.

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Previously:

<div style="display:inline-block; white-space:normal;"><span style="display:inline-block; text-align:center; vertical-align:top; width:150px; margin:0 15px 20px 0;"><img src="https://homemadetools-images.s3.amazonaws.com/hmt/1697470762_railroad_bucket_digger_spreader_thumb.jpg" style="width:150px; height:100px; object-fit:cover;"><br><span style="display:inline-block; height:60px; overflow:hidden;">Railroad bucket wheel digger and ballast spreader</span></span><span style="display:inline-block; text-align:center; vertical-align:top; width:150px; margin:0 15px 20px 0;"><img src="https://homemadetools-images.s3.amazonaws.com/hmt/1701559981_homemade_bucket_elevator_thumb.jpg" style="width:150px; height:100px; object-fit:cover;"><br><span style="display:inline-block; height:60px; overflow:hidden;">Simple construction bucket elevator</span></span></div>

I work on these things. I've been doing it on and off since 2012. The machine in that video is weird as frig. To the point where I would almost say it's AI, but I don't think that it is.

Okay I looked it up. That's a machine that was recently refurbished by the TAKRAF Group in India.
https://www.takraf.com/newsroom/news...refurbishment/

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This unique bridge-type BWE has a 1,400 liter bucket capacity and has completed over 150,000 working hours during its 33-year working life cycle. To extend its operational life, NLCIL decided to undergo a major refurbishment, replacing all critical structural and mechanical components. TAKRAF India was entrusted with the work, which was scheduled to take 12 months from engineering to commissioning.

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