Heavy machinery capable of much

2024 Author: Erin Ralphs | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-19 11:42

Mankind today simply cannot do without various technical devices. Machines and equipment help people move and build structures in a relatively short time. Without heavy machinery, no one would have built the longest or tallest bridges and buildings. And thanks to it, the construction of the most incredible objects becomes possible. And for military purposes, its use is simply necessary. For example, the range of a fighter jet or helicopter is limited by its fuel supply. And thanks to aircraft carriers, this distance is increasing significantly.

What is meant by "heavy machinery"

This concept covers a fairly wide range of machines and equipment designed to perform various tasks. First of all, it is road construction, as well as military heavy equipment. The first type includes:

• quarry excavators and bulldozers.
• Reloaders.
• Draglines.
• Mobile crushers.
• Bucket wheel excavators.
• Trawls.
• Mobile screens.
• Dump trucks.
• Tractors and more.

The second type includes tanks,self-propelled artillery mounts, infantry fighting vehicles, armored personnel carriers, airborne combat vehicles, aircraft, helicopters, ships, submarines, missile systems, military all-terrain vehicles, snow and swamp vehicles, etc.

Scope of application

As the name implies, military heavy equipment is mainly used for the needs of the army and achieve related goals. At the same time, for example, engineering vehicles can also be used for civilian purposes to eliminate the consequences of natural disasters or catastrophes.

Heavy equipment of Russia, both civil and military, is produced at factories that belong to the military-industrial complex. Therefore, most of the copies are highly reliable, off-road and have a long service life in harsh conditions.

Heavy civilian equipment is used for the transportation of various cargoes, road works, construction of buildings and structures, bridges, laying engineering networks. This makes the work more profitable from an economic point of view, and also reduces the lead time. The heaviest machinery in the world is represented by three models. They differ not only in dimensions, but also in carrying capacity.

The best…

The world's largest excavator is Bagger 288. This heavy equipment was built for Rheinbraun by Krupp (Germany). In terms of size, the excavator has surpassed the tracked transporter that NASA uses to transport rockets or shuttles. He needs external power sources,therefore, such a giant is considered to be a movable apparatus for quarry work. The excavator weighs 13.5 tons, dimensions - 240x46x96 (length-width-height).

NASA's tracked transporter is only slightly inferior to the Bagger. Two existing instances are made on a platform of four crawler trucks. To maintain the balance of the conveyor, a special hydraulic system is used. This heavy equipment has dimensions of 40x35 meters (length-width) and can carry 6,000 tons.

The Slashbuster excavator is recognized as the most productive and dangerous. It is equipped with a mounted disc made of high strength steel, which destroys trees of any breed and age within a radius of 15 meters. The metal is very durable, the cutting edge is so sharp that it is impossible to stop the work even with reinforced concrete blocks. In 1 hour, this heavy machinery can destroy up to 120 square meters of forest.

Belarusians got into the Guinness book

Until 2013, the Liebherr T 282B mining truck was considered the largest. And this is not surprising - with its size and carrying capacity, it could rightfully be called the eighth wonder of the world. Its serial production was started in Germany by Liebherr. The overall dimensions of the truck are 14.5x8, 8x6.4 meters (length-width-height), engine power - up to 3650 hp. The carrying capacity is 363 tons.

In 2013, the BelAZ company launched the production of the BelAZ-75710 mining dump truck. This truck surpassed the aforementioned "eighth wonder of the world" in all respects. The total power of the engines isover 4500 hp Overall dimensions are quite serious: 20, 6x9, 75x8, 17 meters! At the same time, the carrying capacity reaches 450 tons. The dump truck has 2 fuel tanks, each with a capacity of 2800 liters (the Liebherr T 282B has one for 4730 liters of fuel). The speed that the truck can develop to the maximum is 60 km / h (here it is somewhat inferior to its competitor - 64 km / h). "BelAZ-75710" in January 2014 set a Guinness record - he was able to carry a load weighing 503.5 tons.

In closing

Of course, not all consumers need heavy equipment, many can do just fine without it. But there are areas of activity in which it is simply impossible to do without it. For example, it would not be possible to launch Shuttles into orbit or dig pits at high speed. Yes, and military heavy equipment helps to reduce the personnel of the armed forces of any state, while increasing, directly or indirectly, the ability to resist the enemy.