Clamshell Designs - Improving Productivity

摘要

A bucket's design features can drastically affect productivity rates on the jobsite. These factors include: the number of bucket cycles per operation; the average duration of each bucket cycle; the amount of material to be handled/processed; and the post-dredge capping requirements. Let's first look at the obvious. When speaking in terms of productivity, the number of steps needed to complete a project is commonly the first to be evaluated. In a dredging operation, this would consist of how many cycles a bucket must make before job completion. The best way to decrease bucket cycles is to increase the bucket's payload. A larger bucket equals a larger payload which decreases bucket cycles and increases productivity. However, this is not the only way to decrease the number of cycles.