EC: DRAGLINE
Status:
STD 2005/06/07
Code:
341
Concept definition:
An <
EXCAVATING_MACHINE
> with a <
LOAD_CABLE
> and a bucket or grab, in which the <
LOAD_CABLE
> and the bucket or grab is cast onto material and is then drawn towards the machine; drag-line.
Reference type:
Reference:
Supplemental references:
[
APDS
, "dragline"], [
SOED
, "drag-line excavator"]
Group membership:
DEVICE_AND_EQUIPMENT
INDUSTRY
Figures:
Figure 1
Narrative
This public-domain image was taken from the cover of the Office of Surface Mining publication
Guidelines for the use of the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (
RUSLE
), version 1.06, on Mined Lands, Construction Sites and Reclaimed Lands
, and further annotated. See also
Wikimedia Commons
.
Figure 2
Narrative
A dragline in Yenikoy open-pit coal mining, Milas, Mugla, Turkey. Figure provided courtesy of
Wikimedia Commons
.
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