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Title: Plant and Equipment


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Plant and Equipment
  • Selecting the right machine is important because,
    unlike most other classes of machine, what
    appears to be the slightest increase or decrease
    in physical size can greatly affect a mini
    excavators sphere of application. There are
    three key considerations transport,
    productivity and the constraints of the site.

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Plant Equipment used in excavation
  • PLANT is a machine that is either tracked or
    wheeled and used for clearing land, pushing
    soil, excavating or loading into trucks. It is
    generally something that can be ridden upon and
    driven whereas equipment generally refers to hand
    held tools or similar.

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Bulldozer
  • used to clear land of bushes topsoil
  • usually tracked
  • have blades, not buckets - can only push material
  • blades have adjustment up down
  • use laser levels to control depth of cut
  • may use tynes to tear up ground

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Excavator
  • -used to dig large volumes of soil rock load
    trucks
  • usually tracked
  • have backhoe bucket variable sizes
  • can turn 360O

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Wheeled Excavator
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Rock Saw attachment on excavator
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Many councils stipulate the use of rock saws to
minimise problems with adjacent properties.
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Mini excavators 1-3 tonne
  • The main benefit of the mini excavator is its
    size. These models can squeeze through narrow
    gaps or gateways to work on sites that would
    previously have needed hand digging or where
    features would have required dismantling in order
    to gain access.
  • Mini excavators are also lighter so they are
    easier to transport.
  • ZTS stands for zero tail-swing. On these units
    the rear of the machine does not extend beyond
    the width of the undercarriage when slewing. This
    means ZTS models can be positioned next to walls
    for digging.
  • The upper housing and digging arm of a ZTS mini
    excavator can rotate through 180 to dump the
    bucket without the driver having to look back and
    worry about hitting anything with the back end of
    the housing.
  • Expandable undercarriages allow the machine to
    breathe in to negotiate narrow entrances and
    then breathe out to provide the stability
    needed to dig and lift earth. These models are
    useful if you need to straddle narrow trenches
    for pipe or cable laying.

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Front End Loader
  • -used to load large amounts of soil onto trucks
  • -usually wheeled - drive on roads
  • -may use backhoe attachment on rear to dig
    smaller volumes of soil, detailed excavation
    load trucks

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Small wheeled loader
  • -used to dig small volumes of soil rock in
    tight access areas.
  • Load soil etc into trucks
  • -commonly called a Bobcat (which is just one of
    the available brands of loader).

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variety of attachments for skid steer loaders
  • auger,
  • backhoe,

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Broom
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Rock Hammer
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Stump Grinder
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Loading a skid steer loader
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Trucks
  • used to remove soil/ spoil to tip or elsewhere
  • -rated in either m3 or tonnes.

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Drilling rigs -used for drilling pier holes
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Barge -Used for floating plant in to difficult
access areas on waterfront properties
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Dingo skid steer
  • Dingos are different to the larger skid steer
    loaders. Rather than being designed primarily to
    lift and load, a Dingo is designed as a hydraulic
    power plant on wheels, to run hydraulic
    attachments. The Dingos compact size means that
    it is easy to transport, can get into back yards
    and wont make a mess of the surrounding area.

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Dingo Attachments- Boring machine to place
tube underground
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Trencher Auger Cement mixer
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Equipment
  • Equipment generally refers to handheld tools or
    similar.
  • In the following frames are common examples of
    typical residential construction equipment.

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Laser level
  • Laser sends out horizontal beam
  • Receiver set on staff or machine to intercept
    beam alert operators to current level.
  • Used for a variety of trades starting at
    excavation through to finishing trades.

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Jackhammer
  • Hand held rock breaking tool light/ detailed
    excavating work
  • Pneumatic jackhammer (compressed air) when you
    need extra power(grunt) usually used where access
    is tight.

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Conveyors
  • Reinforced rubber belts running on rollers used
    to remove spoil from difficult access areas up/
    down long/ steep slopes.

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  • Rubbish Chutes move refuse easily where
    wheelbarrow access is not possible.

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Submersible pumps
  • to lower water table or empty holes/ excavation
    of water
  • Submersible pumps are found in many applications,
    single stage pumps are used for drainage, sewage
    pumping, general industrial pumping and slurry
    pumping.

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Shovels/ Mattocks,etc -for hand held detailed
excavation
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Angle Grinder and other various cutting shaping
tools
  • Angle grinders are one of the most dangerous
    tools in any workplace.
  • Most angle grinder injuries are from metal
    particles lodging in the operator's eye.
  • However the most serious injuries are from
    kick-back, where the disc is thrust back
    violently towards the operator.
  • Discs can shatter or explode, sending pieces
    flying in all directions.
  • Because angle grinders are designed for grinding
    and not for cutting, the use of cutting discs
    with angle grinders exposes operators to even
    greater risks.
  • All adequate PPE must be used when operating this
    piece of equipment

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Angle grinder injury Don't let this happen to
you.
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