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An
excavator. The bucket is raked toward the machine to create a trench or pit while the lower jaw enables logs to be moved and loaded and buildings to be dismantled. The lower jaw on this excavator makes it a particularly specialised machine. Most excavators have only the bucket fitted
A wheeled
front loader at work. This wheeled
tractor is equipped with a large bucket, which can be raised or lowered by hydraulic arms.
A drilling machine at a construction site with a
concrete pump and a barely visible concrete mixer-truck. The tops of foundation
piles with re-inforcing iron rods sticking out, are visible at the bottom of the photo. This is an image of a very specialized auger which has a pipe all the way down its axis, permitting concrete to be pumped down while the auger is withdrawn.
'Engineering vehicles', or
construction equipment (sometimes referred to as 'earth movers'), are heavy-duty vehicles, specially designed for executing
civil engineering and construction tasks.
Types
Tools
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auger
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backhoe
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bulldozer blade
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caterpillar tracks
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excavator bucket
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grapple
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hydraulics
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jackhammer
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tiltrotator
Applications
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agriculture
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civil engineering
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combat engineering
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construction
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earthworks (engineering)
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excavations
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forestry
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mining
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waste handling
Models
Main articles: Model construction vehicle
Die-cast metal promotional
scale models of 'heavy equipment' are often produced for each vehicle to give to prospective customers. These are typically in . The popular manufacturers of these models are
Conrad and
NZG in Germany, even for US vehicles.
Manufacturers
The leading global manufacturers of construction equipment (in order):
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Caterpillar Inc.
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Komatsu
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Terex
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CNH Global (CASE, New Holland, Kobelco)
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Volvo Construction Equipment
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Deere & Company
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Ingersoll Rand (Bobcat Company)
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Hitachi Construction Machinery (a subsidiary of
Hitachi, Ltd.; inc:
Euclid Trucks)
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Bell Equipment
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Hitachi Construction Machinery (Europe)
Other manufacturers:
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Atlas Copco
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Demag
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Doosan Group (''Doosan Infracore'')
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Fiat-Allis
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Hyundai Heavy Industries
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Navistar International Corporation
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Koering
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Kubota
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The Liebherr Group
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Madill
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Orenstein and Koppel GmbH (O&K)
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Pierce Pacific
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Poclain
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Rototilt
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Skaggit
Operator training
US
The
National Association of Heavy Equipment Training Schools provides American national certification for
heavy equipment operator apprentice.
The
International Union of Operating Engineers has equipment schools where
apprentice operators are trained.
Currently there is not an international association of heavy equipment schools.
See also
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International Union of Operating Engineers
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Civil engineering
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Hydraulic machinery
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Mechanical advantage
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Simple machine
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