Types of buckets

With the continuous extension of excavator attachments, excavators are also endowed with different functions. The original definition of an excavator is inseparable from a bucket.
Of course, due to the change of the construction scene, the excavation object also has the problem of being hard or soft, so there are various forms of buckets below.

1. Standard bucket (earth bucket)
The standard bucket is a common standard bucket for small and medium-sized excavators. Generally, backhoe excavators are equipped with earth buckets, which are suitable for general clay excavation and sand, soil, gravel loading and other light operations. So it is also known as earthwork bucket.
Standard plate thickness is used, and there is no obvious reinforcement process on the body. The standard bucket has a large bucket capacity, a large mouth area, and a large stacking surface, so it has a high filling factor, high work efficiency, and low production cost.

2. Reinforced bucket
Reinforced bucket is a bucket reinforced with high-strength wear-resistant steel materials for high-stress and wear-resistant parts on the basis of the original standard bucket. It not only inherits all the advantages of the standard bucket, but also greatly improves the strength and Wear resistance, the service life is greatly extended. It is suitable for heavy-duty operations such as digging hard soil, soft stone, gravel, and gravel.

3. Rock bucket
The rock bucket is made of thicker plate as a whole, the high-stress part is specially strengthened, the material of the easy-wear part is thicker, and there are reinforcing ribs at the bottom. There are reinforcements on the bucket teeth, bucket wings, both sides of the bucket teeth, and the bottom of the bucket. In addition, side guards are added to the rock bucket and guards are installed.
Rock buckets are suitable for heavy-duty operations such as hard stones, semi-solid stones, weathered stones, and solid stones mixed in the soil, and are widely used in harsh working conditions such as ore mining.

4. Mud bucket
The mud bucket is also known as the dredging bucket. It has no bucket teeth and has a large width. The mud bucket is suitable for plane finishing of slopes that require a large capacity, and dredging of rivers and ditches.

5. Cement bucket
Excavator trench buckets are suitable for the excavation of trenches of various shapes. In order to meet different operation requirements, trench bucket buckets have various widths and shapes, such as rectangle, trapezoid, triangle, etc. The trench is excavated once and formed, generally no trimming is required, and the operation efficiency is high.

6. Soil loosening bucket
The soil loosening bucket is mainly used for crushing, digging and loading of hard soil, sub-hard rock, and weathered stone, or for construction operations on frozen soil. Generally, it has single or multiple teeth. The bucket teeth are sharp and easy to break the soil.
The bucket is equipped with high-strength soil loosening teeth, which have greater digging strength; loose soil excavation is completed at one time, and the operation efficiency is high.

7. Grating bucket
The design is similar to the standard bucket, but its bottom is screen-shaped, and its volume is generally larger. It is suitable for separating soft excavated materials, and the excavation and separation are completed at one time. Widely used in municipal, agricultural, forestry, water conservancy, earth and stone works, etc.