SOME NEW CONCEPTS IN DREDGE DESIGN

Over the past ten years there has been an increasing need for deeper digging and higher capacity dredges for both mineral mining and marine construction on inland waters and offshore, with such needs continuing to escalate. Of the various types of dredges, the hydraulic cutterhead and bucket-line ladder dredges are especially important because they are continuous digging machines with a high order of availability. Consequently this article presents recent developments, characteristics, relative economics and applications of these two types of ladder dredges.

• Corporate Authors:

  Mineralogical Society

  41 Queen's Gate
  London SW7,   England 
• Authors:
  • Barker, G
  • Mckay, C
• Publication Date: 1972-7

Media Info

• Pagination: 4 p.
• Serial:
  • Mineralogical Magazine
  • Volume: 127
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Mineralogical Society

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Design; Dredges; Dredging
• Old TRIS Terms: Ladder dredges
• Subject Areas: Design; Marine Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00044396
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 11 1973 12:00AM