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Diggability refers to how easy the shovel digs through a rock unit. Various classication systems used in assessing diggability have been developed,
which use a large number of parameters that is the same all through. The main parameters in this case are seismic velocity, uniaxial compressive
strength, joint sets characteristics, weathering degree, and formation thickness. Identication of the appropriate parameters required for an excavator to
complete a given project task would therefore depend on various factors including discontinuity spacing, point load strength, and rock strength. As such,
selection may be made based on the ability to dig, rip, blast to loosen, or blast to break a rock bed. The seismic velocity of the excavator determines its From our blog
digging ability and thus may be used in selecting the most appropriate excavator for a given site depending on the type of rocks, which can be either soft,
weathered and compact rocks, or broken and blasted rocks. Backhoe or an
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The production criteria is also important in determining the most appropriate excavator to employ in a given project. This includes the annual production,
working hours per day, working days per year, annual overburden amount, and stripping ratio. The stripping ratio and the annual production are used in the
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calculation of the annual overburden amount. It is important to calculate the life of the project and relate it to the operating life of an excavator in order to
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put into consideration when selecting the
most appropriate excavator include bench Creative
width, bench height, underground water, uses of
weather conditions, haul distance, job shipping
efciency factor, and ground conditions. Site containers
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These factors determine the ease by which a

task can be carried out and thus can be used
in determining the actual strength required in
carrying out specic tasks. Through
determination of the required strengths, the
excavators that meet such requirements can
be selected. Such geotechnical and geological
factors include soil density, thickness of the
bedding, uniaxial compressive strength,
elasticity modulus, swelling factor, average distribution size after blasting, and blasting condition.

5. Equipment criteria
Under equipment criteria, various factors such as the bucket capacity, payload, vehicle weight, ground pressure, digging height, power, speed, bucket
cycle times, bucket ll factor, heaped body or truck struck capacity, and operating life, among other factors. These factors are important in determining
the time required to complete a given task by a specic excavator, and thus selecting the excavator that suits the project schedule requirements. In
addition, this is important in ensuring cost-efciency in application of the various excavators through reduction of task time.

6. Cost of unit production

It is also important to carry out a cost estimation analysis for the selected excavators and the trucks that have been assigned for the same task, which
vary in capacity and numbers, in order to nd out the minimum cost of production for the optimum truck and hydraulic excavator combination. In this
case, the cost analysis considers units costs of oil, fuel, labour and tyre. It is important to utilize the performance handbooks and manuals of the
excavators in calculating the lubrication and fuel costs. The capital equipment cost is used as a basis in calculating amortization. The manufacturer
handbooks can be used as references for the economic life of excavators.

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