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The document outlines the significance and classification of construction equipment used in large projects, emphasizing its role in ensuring economy, safety, and timely completion. It details different types of equipment such as earth-moving, hauling, hoisting, and conveying equipment, along with their applications, advantages, and specific operational functionalities. Additionally, it discusses various machinery like power shovels, backhoes, bulldozers, and cranes, along with their unique features and operational details.

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Construction Equipment PROF. DR. TAUHA HUSSAIN ALI
Introduction 2  In the case of huge construction projects;  Proper use of the appropriate equipment contributes to economy, quality, safety, speed and timely completion of a project.  Equipment are use for highway projects, irrigation, buildings, power projects etc.  15-30% of total project cost has been accounted towards equipment and machinery.
Classification of Construction Equipment CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 3 1. Earth-moving equipment 2. Hauling equipment 3. Hoisting equipment 4. Conveying equipment 5. Aggregate and concrete production equipment 6. Pile-driving equipment 7. Tunneling and rock drilling equipment 8. Pumping and dewatering equipment
Operations involved in construction of any project CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 4  Excavation  Digging of large quantities of earth  Moving them to distances which are sometimes fairly long  Placement  Compacting  Leveling  Dozing  Grading  Hauling
EXCAVATING AND EARTH MOVING EQUIPMENT CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 5  Power shovel  Back hoe  Drag line  Clam shell  Scrapers  Bull dozer
POWER SHOVEL 6  To excavate the earth and to load the trucks  capable of excavating all types of earth except hard rock  size varies from 0.375m3 to 5m3 .  Basics parts of power shovel including the track system, cabin, cables, rack, stick, boom foot-pin, saddle block, boom, boom point sheaves and bucket.
APPLICATIONS CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 7 • Suitable for close range of work • Capable of digging very hard materials, • can remove big sized boulders. • It is used in various types of jobs such as digging in gravel banks, clay pits, digging cuts in road works, road-side berms, etc.
Factors affecting output of power shovel CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 8 • Class of material • Depth of cutting • Angle of swing • Job condition • Management condition • Size of hauling units • Skill of the operator • Physical condition of the shovel
OLD  NEW CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 9
BACK HOE • Also known as hoe, back shovel and pull shovel • It is used to excavate below the natural surface on which it  rests. • Generally used to excavate trenches, pits for basements and also for grading works, which requires precise control of depths. • The basic parts are boom, Jack boom, Boom foot drum, Boom sheave, Stick sheave, Stick, Bucket and Bucket sheave CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 10
Back hoe CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 11
Application CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 12 • It is the most suitable machine for digging below the machine level, such as, trenches, footings, basements etc. • It can be efficiently used to dress or trim the surface avoiding the use of manual effort for dressing the excavated the surface.
Drag line • The dragline is so name because of its prominent operation of dragging the bucket against the material to be dug. • Unlike the shovel, it has a long light crane boom and the bucket is  loosely attached to the boom through cables. • Because of this construction, a dragline can dig and dump over larger distances than a shovel can do. • Drag lines are useful for digging below its track level and handling  softer materials. CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 13
Application CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 14 • It is the most suitable machine for dragging softer material and below its track level • It is very useful for excavating trenches when the sides are permitted to establish their angle of repose without shoring. • It has long reaches. • It is mostly used in the excavation for canals and depositing on the embankment without hauling units.
DRAG LINE CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 15
Clam shell CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 16 • This is so named due to resemblance of its bucket to a clam which is like a shell-fish with hinged double shell. • The front end is essentially a crane boom with a specially designed bucket loosely attached at the end through cables as in a drag line. • The capacity of a clam shell bucket is usually given in cubic meters. • The basic parts of clam shell bucket are the closing line, hoist line, sheaves, brackets, tagline, shell and hinge.
Application CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 17 • Used for handling loose material such as crushed stone, sand, gravel, coal etc. • Main feature is vertical lifting of material from one location to another. • Mainly used for removing material from coffer dam, sewer main holes, well foundations etc.
CLAM SHELL CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 18
Comparison between different types of equipment CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 19 s.no. Items of comparison Power shovel Back hoe Drag line Clam shell 1 Excavation in hard soil or rock Good Good Not good Poor 2 Excavation in wet soil or mud Poor Poor Moderately good Moderately good 3 Distance between footing and digging Small Small Long Long 4 Loading efficiency Very good Good Moderately good Precise but slow 5 Footing required Close to work Close to pit Fairly away from pit Fairly away from pit 6 Digging level Digs at or above footing level Digs below footing level Digs below footing level Digs at or below footing level 7 Cycle time Short Shortly more than power shovel More than power shovel More than the other equipment
Trenching machine CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 20 Used for excavating trenches for laying sewer, pipelines, cables etc. Operation is quick giving the required depth or width. Two types of trenching machine wheel type, ladder type
Scrapers CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 21 • Unique machine for digging and long-distance hauling of plough able materials. • self-operating machine • It is not dependent on other equipment. • Wheels of machine cause some compaction. • The basic parts of scrapers are the bowl, apron and tail gate or ejector.
SCRAPER CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 22
Bull dozer CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 23 • The heavy blade attached to the tractor pushes the material from one place to another. • The tractor can be of the crawler or the wheeled type. • Classification of bull dozer 1. Position of blades a) Bull dozers in which the blade perpendicular to the direction of movement b) Angle dozers in which the blade is set at an angle with the direction of movement.
2. Based on mountings a) Wheel mounted b)Crawler mounted 3. Based on the control a) Cable controlled b)Hydraulically controlled CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 24
Bull dozer CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 25
Applications CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 26 Bull dozers are mainly used for the following operations 1. For spreading the earth fill 2. For opening up pilot roads through mountainous and rocky terrains. 3. Clearing construction sites. 4. Maintaining haul roads 5. Clearing land from the trees and stumps 6. back-filling trenches at construction sites by dragging the earth from one place to another
Tractors CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 27 • Multi-purpose machines used mainly for pulling and pushing the other equipment. • Tractors may be classified as a) Crawler type tractor- Used to move bull dozers, scrapers. The crawler has a chain by which these tractors can be very effective even in the case of loose or muddy soils. The speed of this type dose not exceed 12 kmph normally. b) Wheel type tractor- The engine is mounted on four wheels. The main advantage is higher speed, sometimes exceeding 50 kmph it is used for long-distance hauling and good roads.
TRACTOR CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 28
Comparison between crawler and wheeled tractors 29 Crawler type Wheeled type 1. Slow speed 1. Greater speed 2. More compact and powerful and can handle heavier jobs 2. Con handle only lighter jobs 3. costly 3. cheaper 4. Cost of operation and maintenance is high 4. Operational and maintenance cost is less 5. Stick control for steering 5. Wheel steering control 6. Moves on rough roads only 6. Moves on rough as well as good roads 7. Used for short distances 7.Used for longer distances 8. Requires skillful operation, maintenance and repairs 8. Lesser skills required for operations, maintenance and repairs
Earth compaction equipment CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 30 • Smooth-wheel rollers. • Sheep-foot rollers a)Ordinary sheep-foot roller b)Convertible roller c)Turn foot roller • Pneumatic-tyred rollers
Smooth-wheel rollers CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 31 • Plain steel rollers • Self-propelled type • Weighing from 5 to 15 tonnes • Used for ordinary rolling work where deep compaction is not required • These rollers may have one front and two rear wheels • The rear wheels being usually larger in diameter and the front one being winder.
• Weight of rollers may be increased by filling water or sand ballast in hollow cylinder. • These rollers are effective in compacting granular soils, such as sand, gravel and crushed stone. CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 32
SMOOTH WHEEL ROLLER CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 33
Sheep-foot rollers  compaction deep into the layer of the earth is required) • These gives best result in compaction when the soil is clay or  predominantly cohesive and impervious. • The sheep foot rollers may weigh upto 15 tonnes or more • Travel at a speed of 25 kmph • As roller moves over the surface, the feet penetrate the soil to produce a kneading action and a pressure to mix and compact the soil from bottom to top layer. CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 34 • For compacting earth work in embankments and canals (where
SHEEP FOOT ROLLER CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 35
Pneumatic-tyred rollers CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 36 • It consists a base or a platform mounted between two axles. • The rear of which has one more wheel than the front. • Most suitable for compacting fine-grained soil and well graded sands. • Ballasting is done using either water, sand or pig iron in order to increase the self weight.
• Major advantages are the ability to control the ground contact pressure by: a) Altering the weights of machines, b) Increasing the number of wheels, c) Increasing the tyre width d) Changing the contact area of the tyre by altering the contact pressure. CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 37
PNEUMATIC TYRED ROLLER CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 38
Hauling equipment CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 39 • The equipment used for transportation of material are known as hauling equipment or simply haulers. • Haulers may operate on the roadways or railways • It involve  transportation of building materials,  carriage and disposal of excavated earth  haulage of heavy construction equipment.
• These are classified on the basis of method of dumping the load 1. Dump trucks a) Side or rear dump trucks b) Bottom dump trucks 2. Dumpers CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 40
Dump trucks • These are used for earth moving purpose. • The selection of the type of dump trucks for a specific job depend on the soil condition. (a) Side or rear dump trucks-  These are heavy duty trucks with strongly built body which is hinged on the truck chassis at the rear end and one side respectively, and can be fitted to the rear in the case of rear dump and to the hinged side in case of the side dump, through the action of hydraulic jacks.  These trucks are suitable for use in hauling wet clay, sand, gravel,  quarry rocks etc. CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 41
Side dump truck CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 42
Rear dump truck CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 43
Bottom dump trucks • These are similar to semi-trailers in which their front is supported on the rear of the hauling tractor and their rear is resting on their own wheels. • The body of the truck remains in the same position and the discharge of the material takes place through its bottom after opening of two longitudinal gates. • The gates are hinged to the side of the body. • These trucks are suitable for use in hauling free flowing material, such as, sand, gravel, dry earth, hard clay etc. CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 44
BOTTOM DUMP TRUCK CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 45
Dumpers CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 46 • High speed pneumatic wheeled trucks • Short chasis • Strong bodies • Loading, hauling and dumping is done very fast as compared to other equipment • Suitable for short hauls on rough roads • Specially where a shuttle movement is required.
Dumper CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 47
Hoisting equipment • Hoisting is the lifting a weight from one location and moving it to another location which is at a reasonable distance. • Big projects such as, construction of dams, industrial buildings etc. require hoisting equipment. • Hoisting equipment includes jacks, winches, chain hoists and cranes. • Crane is the only single machine which, as a single piece, is capable of providing three- dimensional movement of a weight. CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 48
• Cranes are broadly classified as : i. Stationary or derrick cranes ii. Mobile cranes iii. Overhead or gantry cranes iv. Traveller cranes v. Tower cranes CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 49
Derrick cranes- 50 • Derrick cranes consist of a mast, a boom and a bull wheel on which the boom rotates about a vertical axis and guys or supporting members. • Electrically operated, diesel operated or diesel-electrically operated. • The boom can revolve through 360º. • This crane is used for heavy loads upto 200 tons. Mobile cranes- • These cranes are mounted on mobile units which is either crawler type or wheel type • Truck cranes have high mobility while the crawler mounted cranes move slowly. • Crawler mounted cranes are capable of moving on rough terrain.
MOBILE CRANES CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 51
Overhead or gantry cranes- CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 52 • large service area, • freedom from floor obstructions • and three-way mobility, • Widely used in erection, foundry, steel plants, storage yards and different types of industrial works. • These type of cranes consist of two main parts i.e., the bridge and the crab. • The bridge consists of two main girders fixed at their end to end and capable of moving on gantry rails. • The crab consists of the hoisting gear mounted on a frame. • The frame itself is mounted on another set of wheels and capable of travelling across the main girder.
OVERHEAD CRANE CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 53
TRAVELLER CRANES CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 54 • Travelling or bridge cranes have their crabs moving on girders which are supported on legs instead of on overhead gantry track as used in overhead cranes. • The legs are capable of moving on tracks laid on the floor.
Tower cranes CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 55 • Tower cranes are actually a derrick crane mounted on a steel tower. • Tower cranes are usually used for industrial and residential high-rise buildings. • These are commonly used for assembly of industrial plants with steel structures. • The main parts of tower crane are under carriage, slewing platform, tower with operator’s cabin and jibs. • The tower has a truss structure welded from steel bars and channels.
TOWER CRANE CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 56
Conveying equipment CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 57 • Transporting material from one place to another over a stationary structure. • Caries material in continuous stream with its distinct feature such as endless chain or belt. • Can be done horizontally, vertically or inclined. • When the equipment does horizontal conveying, it is known as conveyor and when it does vertical, it is known as elevator. • Conveying are mainly used in mining, construction and in some of the industries. • In construction industry, conveyors are mainly used for concreting purpose.
Utility CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 58 The Advantage of using conveyors are as follows:- 1. It increases the output. 2. It facilitates continuity in operation. 3. It results in time saving. 4. There are no waiting periods.
Some of the popular conveyors are as follows:- CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 59 1. Belt conveyor 2. Screw conveyor 3. Bucket conveyor 4. Aerial transport
Belt conveyor CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 60 • Used when large quantities of materials have to be conveyed over long distances at fast speed. • It consists of a belt running over a pair of end drums or pulleys and supported at regular intervals by a series of rollers called idlers. • These idlers are supported on a conveyor frame. • The middle sag provided in the belt prevent the spilling of material. • Generally, rubber is most commonly used as conveyor belt.
BELT CONVEYOR CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 61
The advantages of using belt conveyor are as follows:- CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 62 1. It can handle light as well as heavy materials, dry or wet, fine or coarse etc. 2. It can and for distances to convey several thousand tons of material per hour and for distances of distances of several kilometers. 3. It can carry material horizontally or inclined. 4. It is lighter in weight then other conveyors. 5. It gives controlled discharge of material and discharge can be controlled by the speed of the belt.
SCREW CONVEYOR CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 63 • Widely used for handling granular or pulverized material. • The quantity of material conveyed is less compared to the conveyor, but at the same time the cost is also less. • A screw conveyor consists of a helix mounted on a bearing at the ends and at intermediate points and is driven by a motor from one end. • The material enters the through at one end is carried to the other end by screwing action of helix. • The length of the conveyor is about 65m. with an inclination up to a maximum of 350.
SCREW CONVEYOR CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 64
Bucket conveyor • It has buckets in the shape of ‘V’ which are open at the top. • They may be feeder loaded or may drag in a vertical movement or along an incline. • The length of these type of conveyors are generally limited to 25 m. (due to weight of the conveyor and strength of the chains.) • This type of conveyer is mainly used in coal handling where bucket elevators carry the material vertically. CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 65
BUCKET CONVEYOR CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 66
Aerial transport CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 67 • Aerial transportation through cableways, rope-ways and tram ways • Often used with advantage for transportation of material in hilly regions. • Reducing the distance of transportation as well as cost of transportation • The load being passed over intermediate towers or stations for long distances.
Aerial transport CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 68
Aggregate and concrete production equipment CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 69 • Aggregate has to be produced at the site, if the quantity needed is very large. • Therefore, in any project where concrete requirement is very high, an aggregate preparation and processing plant is essential to complete the concreting operations. • Aggregate production consists of two stages is recovery and processing. • Basic material, such as stone, is recovered from a rock quarry or from the river bed and processing is done which consists of crushing, grading, washing and stock piling of aggregate.
Aggregate production equipment CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 70 • Crushers are used mainly to reduce the size of large stone or rock to smaller uniform sized aggregates required for concrete mix. • Crushing consists of Pressure, Impact, Attrition A combination of these operations.
Jaw crushers CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 71 • It is one of the primary crushers. • It operates by allowing stone to flow into the space between two jaws, one of which is stationary and other is movable, which together constitute the crushing surfaces. • The distance between the two jaws decreases as the stone travels downward under the effect of gravity and ultimately passes through the lower opening. • The moveable jaw is capable of exerting a pressure sufficiently high to crush the hardest rock. • The movable jaw is suspended from a shaft mounted on bearings on the crusher frame. • The jaw plates are made of manganese steel which can be removed, replaced or reversed.
Jaw crushers CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 72
Gyratory crusher CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 73 • This is another type of primary crusher. • This type of crusher comprises a hardened steel head has a long conical shape, with a trough shaft suspended in a bearing at the top, and an eccentric base connection connected to gears. • Thus, as the cone is rotated, the gap between itself and the walling changes from a maximum to minimum for each cycle. • The rock is feed into the chamber at the top and as it moves downward, crushing is done and finally emerges through the bottom gap. • The size of this type of crusher is the width of the receiving opening measured between the concaves and the crushers head. • It is available in sizes varying from 20cm to 200cm.
Gyratory crusher CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 74
Cone crusher • Cone crusher are used as a secondary or tertiary crusher. • These crusher are capable of producing large quantities of uniformly fine crushed stone. • It has a shorter cone with smaller inlet and outlet openings as compared to the gyratory crusher. CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 75
Cone crusher CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 76
Roll crusher CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 77 • Roll crushers are also one of the secondary or tertiary crushers. • This crusher consists of a heavy cast iron frame equipped with two counter rotating rollers mounted on a separate horizontal shaft. • The crushed rock from the primary crusher is feed through the gap between the two rollers for crushing further. • Usually one roller has a fixed axis while the other can be adjusted to give the required setting. • The crusher is compact, light weight and low in cost.
Roll crusher CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 78
Hammer mill • Hammer mill is one of the impact crushers mostly used as primary or  secondary crusher. • It consists of a housing frame, a horizontal shaft extending through the frame, number of frames and hammers attached to the frame and one more hard steel breaker plates. • As the stone is feed to the mill, the hammers, which are driven by a motor, move at the high speed and brake the stone into pieces and driving them against the hard plate, further reduce their size. CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 79
Hammer mill CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 80
Rod mill and ball mill CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 81 • This are the tertiary crushers. • A rod mill consist of a circular steel shell. • The interior of the shell is lined on the inside with a hard material wearing surface. • The shell contains a number of steel rods. • The length of these rod is slightly less then the length of the shell. • Crushed stone is feed through the inlet and fine aggregate of the size of sand is discharged at the other end. • If the rods are replaced by steel balls to provide the impact required the grind the stones, the crusher is known as the ball mill crusher. • The size of the balls generally used is 50 mm dia. Size.
Rod mill and ball mill CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 82
Concrete production plants CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 83 • For mixing different ingredients in required proportion. • It consists of storage bins for storing materials like cement and admixtures. • Aggregate is mix in it with the help of a hopper which is fixed in plant.
Concrete production plants CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 84
• The process of pile driving involves lifting the piles into position, holding it to refusal or to a specified depth. • Driving is accomplished through hammering the pile top with a hammer. • Equipment are so designed for driven effectively at an economical cost. • Major pile driving equipment are: Pile driving rigs Pile driving hammers Pile driving equipment CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 85
PILE DRIVING EQUIPMENT CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 86
REFERENCES CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 87 • Construction engineering and management – by S. Seetharaman • wikipedia.com • Goggle images
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Construction Equipment in Civil Engineering.pptx

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    Introduction 2  Inthe case of huge construction projects;  Proper use of the appropriate equipment contributes to economy, quality, safety, speed and timely completion of a project.  Equipment are use for highway projects, irrigation, buildings, power projects etc.  15-30% of total project cost has been accounted towards equipment and machinery.
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    Classification of Construction Equipment CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 3 1.Earth-moving equipment 2. Hauling equipment 3. Hoisting equipment 4. Conveying equipment 5. Aggregate and concrete production equipment 6. Pile-driving equipment 7. Tunneling and rock drilling equipment 8. Pumping and dewatering equipment
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    Operations involved in constructionof any project CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 4  Excavation  Digging of large quantities of earth  Moving them to distances which are sometimes fairly long  Placement  Compacting  Leveling  Dozing  Grading  Hauling
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    EXCAVATING AND EARTHMOVING EQUIPMENT CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 5  Power shovel  Back hoe  Drag line  Clam shell  Scrapers  Bull dozer
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    POWER SHOVEL 6 To excavate the earth and to load the trucks  capable of excavating all types of earth except hard rock  size varies from 0.375m3 to 5m3 .  Basics parts of power shovel including the track system, cabin, cables, rack, stick, boom foot-pin, saddle block, boom, boom point sheaves and bucket.
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    APPLICATIONS CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 7 • Suitable forclose range of work • Capable of digging very hard materials, • can remove big sized boulders. • It is used in various types of jobs such as digging in gravel banks, clay pits, digging cuts in road works, road-side berms, etc.
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    Factors affecting outputof power shovel CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 8 • Class of material • Depth of cutting • Angle of swing • Job condition • Management condition • Size of hauling units • Skill of the operator • Physical condition of the shovel
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    BACK HOE • Alsoknown as hoe, back shovel and pull shovel • It is used to excavate below the natural surface on which it  rests. • Generally used to excavate trenches, pits for basements and also for grading works, which requires precise control of depths. • The basic parts are boom, Jack boom, Boom foot drum, Boom sheave, Stick sheave, Stick, Bucket and Bucket sheave CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 10
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    Application CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 12 • It isthe most suitable machine for digging below the machine level, such as, trenches, footings, basements etc. • It can be efficiently used to dress or trim the surface avoiding the use of manual effort for dressing the excavated the surface.
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    Drag line • Thedragline is so name because of its prominent operation of dragging the bucket against the material to be dug. • Unlike the shovel, it has a long light crane boom and the bucket is  loosely attached to the boom through cables. • Because of this construction, a dragline can dig and dump over larger distances than a shovel can do. • Drag lines are useful for digging below its track level and handling  softer materials. CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 13
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    Application CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 14 • It isthe most suitable machine for dragging softer material and below its track level • It is very useful for excavating trenches when the sides are permitted to establish their angle of repose without shoring. • It has long reaches. • It is mostly used in the excavation for canals and depositing on the embankment without hauling units.
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    Clam shell CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 16 • Thisis so named due to resemblance of its bucket to a clam which is like a shell-fish with hinged double shell. • The front end is essentially a crane boom with a specially designed bucket loosely attached at the end through cables as in a drag line. • The capacity of a clam shell bucket is usually given in cubic meters. • The basic parts of clam shell bucket are the closing line, hoist line, sheaves, brackets, tagline, shell and hinge.
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    Application CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 17 • Used forhandling loose material such as crushed stone, sand, gravel, coal etc. • Main feature is vertical lifting of material from one location to another. • Mainly used for removing material from coffer dam, sewer main holes, well foundations etc.
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    Comparison between differenttypes of equipment CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 19 s.no. Items of comparison Power shovel Back hoe Drag line Clam shell 1 Excavation in hard soil or rock Good Good Not good Poor 2 Excavation in wet soil or mud Poor Poor Moderately good Moderately good 3 Distance between footing and digging Small Small Long Long 4 Loading efficiency Very good Good Moderately good Precise but slow 5 Footing required Close to work Close to pit Fairly away from pit Fairly away from pit 6 Digging level Digs at or above footing level Digs below footing level Digs below footing level Digs at or below footing level 7 Cycle time Short Shortly more than power shovel More than power shovel More than the other equipment
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    Trenching machine CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 20 Used forexcavating trenches for laying sewer, pipelines, cables etc. Operation is quick giving the required depth or width. Two types of trenching machine wheel type, ladder type
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    Scrapers CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 21 • Unique machinefor digging and long-distance hauling of plough able materials. • self-operating machine • It is not dependent on other equipment. • Wheels of machine cause some compaction. • The basic parts of scrapers are the bowl, apron and tail gate or ejector.
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    Bull dozer CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 23 • Theheavy blade attached to the tractor pushes the material from one place to another. • The tractor can be of the crawler or the wheeled type. • Classification of bull dozer 1. Position of blades a) Bull dozers in which the blade perpendicular to the direction of movement b) Angle dozers in which the blade is set at an angle with the direction of movement.
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    2. Based onmountings a) Wheel mounted b)Crawler mounted 3. Based on the control a) Cable controlled b)Hydraulically controlled CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 24
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    Applications CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 26 Bull dozers aremainly used for the following operations 1. For spreading the earth fill 2. For opening up pilot roads through mountainous and rocky terrains. 3. Clearing construction sites. 4. Maintaining haul roads 5. Clearing land from the trees and stumps 6. back-filling trenches at construction sites by dragging the earth from one place to another
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    Tractors CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 27 • Multi-purpose machinesused mainly for pulling and pushing the other equipment. • Tractors may be classified as a) Crawler type tractor- Used to move bull dozers, scrapers. The crawler has a chain by which these tractors can be very effective even in the case of loose or muddy soils. The speed of this type dose not exceed 12 kmph normally. b) Wheel type tractor- The engine is mounted on four wheels. The main advantage is higher speed, sometimes exceeding 50 kmph it is used for long-distance hauling and good roads.
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    Comparison between crawler andwheeled tractors 29 Crawler type Wheeled type 1. Slow speed 1. Greater speed 2. More compact and powerful and can handle heavier jobs 2. Con handle only lighter jobs 3. costly 3. cheaper 4. Cost of operation and maintenance is high 4. Operational and maintenance cost is less 5. Stick control for steering 5. Wheel steering control 6. Moves on rough roads only 6. Moves on rough as well as good roads 7. Used for short distances 7.Used for longer distances 8. Requires skillful operation, maintenance and repairs 8. Lesser skills required for operations, maintenance and repairs
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    Earth compaction equipment CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 30 • Smooth-wheelrollers. • Sheep-foot rollers a)Ordinary sheep-foot roller b)Convertible roller c)Turn foot roller • Pneumatic-tyred rollers
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    Smooth-wheel rollers CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 31 • Plainsteel rollers • Self-propelled type • Weighing from 5 to 15 tonnes • Used for ordinary rolling work where deep compaction is not required • These rollers may have one front and two rear wheels • The rear wheels being usually larger in diameter and the front one being winder.
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    • Weight ofrollers may be increased by filling water or sand ballast in hollow cylinder. • These rollers are effective in compacting granular soils, such as sand, gravel and crushed stone. CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 32
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    Sheep-foot rollers  compactiondeep into the layer of the earth is required) • These gives best result in compaction when the soil is clay or  predominantly cohesive and impervious. • The sheep foot rollers may weigh upto 15 tonnes or more • Travel at a speed of 25 kmph • As roller moves over the surface, the feet penetrate the soil to produce a kneading action and a pressure to mix and compact the soil from bottom to top layer. CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 34 • For compacting earth work in embankments and canals (where
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    Pneumatic-tyred rollers CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 36 • It consistsa base or a platform mounted between two axles. • The rear of which has one more wheel than the front. • Most suitable for compacting fine-grained soil and well graded sands. • Ballasting is done using either water, sand or pig iron in order to increase the self weight.
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    • Major advantagesare the ability to control the ground contact pressure by: a) Altering the weights of machines, b) Increasing the number of wheels, c) Increasing the tyre width d) Changing the contact area of the tyre by altering the contact pressure. CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 37
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    Hauling equipment CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 39 • The equipmentused for transportation of material are known as hauling equipment or simply haulers. • Haulers may operate on the roadways or railways • It involve  transportation of building materials,  carriage and disposal of excavated earth  haulage of heavy construction equipment.
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    • These areclassified on the basis of method of dumping the load 1. Dump trucks a) Side or rear dump trucks b) Bottom dump trucks 2. Dumpers CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 40
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    Dump trucks • These areused for earth moving purpose. • The selection of the type of dump trucks for a specific job depend on the soil condition. (a) Side or rear dump trucks-  These are heavy duty trucks with strongly built body which is hinged on the truck chassis at the rear end and one side respectively, and can be fitted to the rear in the case of rear dump and to the hinged side in case of the side dump, through the action of hydraulic jacks.  These trucks are suitable for use in hauling wet clay, sand, gravel,  quarry rocks etc. CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 41
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    Bottom dump trucks • Theseare similar to semi-trailers in which their front is supported on the rear of the hauling tractor and their rear is resting on their own wheels. • The body of the truck remains in the same position and the discharge of the material takes place through its bottom after opening of two longitudinal gates. • The gates are hinged to the side of the body. • These trucks are suitable for use in hauling free flowing material, such as, sand, gravel, dry earth, hard clay etc. CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 44
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    Dumpers CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 46 • High speedpneumatic wheeled trucks • Short chasis • Strong bodies • Loading, hauling and dumping is done very fast as compared to other equipment • Suitable for short hauls on rough roads • Specially where a shuttle movement is required.
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    Hoisting equipment • Hoisting isthe lifting a weight from one location and moving it to another location which is at a reasonable distance. • Big projects such as, construction of dams, industrial buildings etc. require hoisting equipment. • Hoisting equipment includes jacks, winches, chain hoists and cranes. • Crane is the only single machine which, as a single piece, is capable of providing three- dimensional movement of a weight. CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 48
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    • Cranes arebroadly classified as : i. Stationary or derrick cranes ii. Mobile cranes iii. Overhead or gantry cranes iv. Traveller cranes v. Tower cranes CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 49
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    Derrick cranes- 50 • Derrickcranes consist of a mast, a boom and a bull wheel on which the boom rotates about a vertical axis and guys or supporting members. • Electrically operated, diesel operated or diesel-electrically operated. • The boom can revolve through 360º. • This crane is used for heavy loads upto 200 tons. Mobile cranes- • These cranes are mounted on mobile units which is either crawler type or wheel type • Truck cranes have high mobility while the crawler mounted cranes move slowly. • Crawler mounted cranes are capable of moving on rough terrain.
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    Overhead or gantrycranes- CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 52 • large service area, • freedom from floor obstructions • and three-way mobility, • Widely used in erection, foundry, steel plants, storage yards and different types of industrial works. • These type of cranes consist of two main parts i.e., the bridge and the crab. • The bridge consists of two main girders fixed at their end to end and capable of moving on gantry rails. • The crab consists of the hoisting gear mounted on a frame. • The frame itself is mounted on another set of wheels and capable of travelling across the main girder.
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    TRAVELLER CRANES CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 54 • Travellingor bridge cranes have their crabs moving on girders which are supported on legs instead of on overhead gantry track as used in overhead cranes. • The legs are capable of moving on tracks laid on the floor.
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    Tower cranes CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 55 • Towercranes are actually a derrick crane mounted on a steel tower. • Tower cranes are usually used for industrial and residential high-rise buildings. • These are commonly used for assembly of industrial plants with steel structures. • The main parts of tower crane are under carriage, slewing platform, tower with operator’s cabin and jibs. • The tower has a truss structure welded from steel bars and channels.
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    Conveying equipment CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 57 • Transportingmaterial from one place to another over a stationary structure. • Caries material in continuous stream with its distinct feature such as endless chain or belt. • Can be done horizontally, vertically or inclined. • When the equipment does horizontal conveying, it is known as conveyor and when it does vertical, it is known as elevator. • Conveying are mainly used in mining, construction and in some of the industries. • In construction industry, conveyors are mainly used for concreting purpose.
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    Utility CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 58 The Advantage ofusing conveyors are as follows:- 1. It increases the output. 2. It facilitates continuity in operation. 3. It results in time saving. 4. There are no waiting periods.
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    Some of thepopular conveyors are as follows:- CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 59 1. Belt conveyor 2. Screw conveyor 3. Bucket conveyor 4. Aerial transport
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    Belt conveyor CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 60 • Used whenlarge quantities of materials have to be conveyed over long distances at fast speed. • It consists of a belt running over a pair of end drums or pulleys and supported at regular intervals by a series of rollers called idlers. • These idlers are supported on a conveyor frame. • The middle sag provided in the belt prevent the spilling of material. • Generally, rubber is most commonly used as conveyor belt.
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    The advantages ofusing belt conveyor are as follows:- CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 62 1. It can handle light as well as heavy materials, dry or wet, fine or coarse etc. 2. It can and for distances to convey several thousand tons of material per hour and for distances of distances of several kilometers. 3. It can carry material horizontally or inclined. 4. It is lighter in weight then other conveyors. 5. It gives controlled discharge of material and discharge can be controlled by the speed of the belt.
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    SCREW CONVEYOR CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 63 • Widely usedfor handling granular or pulverized material. • The quantity of material conveyed is less compared to the conveyor, but at the same time the cost is also less. • A screw conveyor consists of a helix mounted on a bearing at the ends and at intermediate points and is driven by a motor from one end. • The material enters the through at one end is carried to the other end by screwing action of helix. • The length of the conveyor is about 65m. with an inclination up to a maximum of 350.
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    Bucket conveyor • It hasbuckets in the shape of ‘V’ which are open at the top. • They may be feeder loaded or may drag in a vertical movement or along an incline. • The length of these type of conveyors are generally limited to 25 m. (due to weight of the conveyor and strength of the chains.) • This type of conveyer is mainly used in coal handling where bucket elevators carry the material vertically. CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 65
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    Aerial transport CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 67 • Aerialtransportation through cableways, rope-ways and tram ways • Often used with advantage for transportation of material in hilly regions. • Reducing the distance of transportation as well as cost of transportation • The load being passed over intermediate towers or stations for long distances.
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    Aggregate and concreteproduction equipment CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 69 • Aggregate has to be produced at the site, if the quantity needed is very large. • Therefore, in any project where concrete requirement is very high, an aggregate preparation and processing plant is essential to complete the concreting operations. • Aggregate production consists of two stages is recovery and processing. • Basic material, such as stone, is recovered from a rock quarry or from the river bed and processing is done which consists of crushing, grading, washing and stock piling of aggregate.
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    Aggregate production equipment CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 70 •Crushers are used mainly to reduce the size of large stone or rock to smaller uniform sized aggregates required for concrete mix. • Crushing consists of Pressure, Impact, Attrition A combination of these operations.
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    Jaw crushers CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 71 • Itis one of the primary crushers. • It operates by allowing stone to flow into the space between two jaws, one of which is stationary and other is movable, which together constitute the crushing surfaces. • The distance between the two jaws decreases as the stone travels downward under the effect of gravity and ultimately passes through the lower opening. • The moveable jaw is capable of exerting a pressure sufficiently high to crush the hardest rock. • The movable jaw is suspended from a shaft mounted on bearings on the crusher frame. • The jaw plates are made of manganese steel which can be removed, replaced or reversed.
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    Gyratory crusher CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 73 • Thisis another type of primary crusher. • This type of crusher comprises a hardened steel head has a long conical shape, with a trough shaft suspended in a bearing at the top, and an eccentric base connection connected to gears. • Thus, as the cone is rotated, the gap between itself and the walling changes from a maximum to minimum for each cycle. • The rock is feed into the chamber at the top and as it moves downward, crushing is done and finally emerges through the bottom gap. • The size of this type of crusher is the width of the receiving opening measured between the concaves and the crushers head. • It is available in sizes varying from 20cm to 200cm.
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    Cone crusher • Cone crusherare used as a secondary or tertiary crusher. • These crusher are capable of producing large quantities of uniformly fine crushed stone. • It has a shorter cone with smaller inlet and outlet openings as compared to the gyratory crusher. CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 75
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    Roll crusher CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 77 • Rollcrushers are also one of the secondary or tertiary crushers. • This crusher consists of a heavy cast iron frame equipped with two counter rotating rollers mounted on a separate horizontal shaft. • The crushed rock from the primary crusher is feed through the gap between the two rollers for crushing further. • Usually one roller has a fixed axis while the other can be adjusted to give the required setting. • The crusher is compact, light weight and low in cost.
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    Hammer mill • Hammer millis one of the impact crushers mostly used as primary or  secondary crusher. • It consists of a housing frame, a horizontal shaft extending through the frame, number of frames and hammers attached to the frame and one more hard steel breaker plates. • As the stone is feed to the mill, the hammers, which are driven by a motor, move at the high speed and brake the stone into pieces and driving them against the hard plate, further reduce their size. CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 79
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    Rod mill andball mill CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 81 • This are the tertiary crushers. • A rod mill consist of a circular steel shell. • The interior of the shell is lined on the inside with a hard material wearing surface. • The shell contains a number of steel rods. • The length of these rod is slightly less then the length of the shell. • Crushed stone is feed through the inlet and fine aggregate of the size of sand is discharged at the other end. • If the rods are replaced by steel balls to provide the impact required the grind the stones, the crusher is known as the ball mill crusher. • The size of the balls generally used is 50 mm dia. Size.
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    Rod mill and ballmill CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 82
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    Concrete production plants CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 83 • Formixing different ingredients in required proportion. • It consists of storage bins for storing materials like cement and admixtures. • Aggregate is mix in it with the help of a hopper which is fixed in plant.
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    • The processof pile driving involves lifting the piles into position, holding it to refusal or to a specified depth. • Driving is accomplished through hammering the pile top with a hammer. • Equipment are so designed for driven effectively at an economical cost. • Major pile driving equipment are: Pile driving rigs Pile driving hammers Pile driving equipment CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 85
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    REFERENCES CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 87 • Construction engineeringand management – by S. Seetharaman • wikipedia.com • Goggle images
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    I find thatthe harder I work, the more luck I seem to have. – Thomas Jefferson Thank you!
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