The boards are square and tight, not bumped, previous owners stamp on front end page, the pages are bright. The dust jacket has tape applied to the inside leading edge, a two cm tear at top of spine and a one cm tear at top of front flap, in a Brodart cover now.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

The Bucket Wheel Excavator: Development, Design, Application (Series on Bulk Materials Handling Vol. 1 (1975) No. 2

Publisher

Trans Tech Publications, Clausthal, Germany

Publication Date

1975

Language

English

ISBN 10

0878490124

ISBN 13

9780878490127

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

First Edition US.

Condition

Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition

Very Good

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Synopsis

This big book provides a detailed history of a big piece of machinery: the bucket wheel excavator. Rasper's well-illustrated survey of the BWE begins with 19th century American patents and carries into the 1970's.

BOOK DETAILS: 465 pp, just under 4 pounds; released with dustcover. Cloth over boards; sewn binding. B&w illustrations throughout: photos, technical drawings, charts, graphs, elevations, formulas. Over 90 pp of advertising reproductions!

TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1 - Origin & Development of the Bucket Wheel Excavator; 2 - Methods of Operation of Wheel Excavators; 3 - Bucket Wheel Excavator Design; 4 - Cutting Resistance & Digging Power; 5 - Regulations for Load Assumptions; 6 - The Bucket Wheel; 7 - Conveyor Belts on Bucket Wheel Excavators; 8 - Crawlers for Bucket Wheel Excavators; 9 - Lubrication Technology for Bucket Wheel Excavators; 10 - The Main Slewing Mechanism of the Bucket Wheel Excavator; 11 - The Steel Structure of the Bucket Wheel Excavator; 12 - Electrical Equipment for Bucket Wheel Excavators; 13 - The Role of the Bucket Wheel in Excavation; 14 - Bucket Wheel Excavator Mining Systems; 15 - Appendix; 16 - Reference List of Major Bucket Wheel Manufacturing Companies.

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