NEW FLOATING CLAMSHELL DREDGE USES HYDRAULIC HOIST EQUIPMENT

A description of a prototype for a new series of floating clam-shell dredges, which utilize hydraulic hoists instead of double drum electric hoists, is given. The operation of this dredge includes its automatic control mode, which allows the dredge to lower the bucket, fill it up, raise the bucket to the surface, and to empty the fill into the material receiving hopper. The electro-hydraulic power unit, dredge machinery, flotation units, and the bucket itself are all described in the article.

• Corporate Authors:

  World Trade Publications, Incorporated

  P.O. Box 20810
  Long Beach, CA  United States 
• Authors:
  • Westlund, J
  • Kelley, C
• Publication Date: 1973-11

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 38-40
• Serial:
  • World Dredging and Marine Construction
  • Volume: 9
  • Issue Number: 13
  • Publisher: World Trade Publications Company

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Design; Dredges; Dredging; Hydraulic equipment
• Uncontrolled Terms: Hydraulic machinery
• Subject Areas: Design; Marine Transportation; Terminals and Facilities; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00050971
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Maritime Research Center, Kings Point
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 31 1974 12:00AM