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WeallknowthatthevolumeiscalculatedbymultiplyingWidthxHeightxLengthorAreaoftheendxLength.
HOME Butwhatiftheareaisnotasimplegeometricshape,orinthecaseofHeavyEquipmentBuckets,howdoyou
definetheshapeforthevolumetobecalculated?
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Thetotalamountofmaterialcarriedbyabucketistheamountinsidethebucketplustheamountpiledontopofit.
PARTS ThisiscalledtheHeapedorRatedCapacity.Theamountofmaterialpiledontopofthebucket,(heap),is
determinedbytheangleofreposeofthematerialbeinghandled.TheSocietyforAutomotiveEngineers,SAE,for
SERVICES purposesofcreatingastandardforcomparativelyratingbuckets,hasdefinedtwodifferentanglesofrepose:
CAREERS WheelLoaderBuckets2:1
HydraulicExcavatorBuckets1:1
BROCHURES
Ofcourse,ifActualCapacityisbeingcalculatedforaspecificbuckettohandleaspecificmaterialforwhichan
ABOUT US actualangleofreposeisknown,thentheactualangleofreposeissubstituted.

CONTACT US CalculatingthecapacityofoddshapedobjectswasnotaneasytaskbeforetheuseofcomputersandCADdrafting
cameintocommonuse.Theformalmethodinvolvedbreakingtheshapedownintogeometricshapes,calculating
theareaofeachthemandaddingalltheareastogetherforthetotalcrosssectionalarea.Alternately,aplanimeter
wasusedtodirectlymeasureit.

Today,ifsufficientinformationisavailabletoduplicatetheshapewithacomputerCADprogram,theareaofany
shapecanbeaccuratelycalculatedinafewseconds.OurFieldWorksheet,"MeasuringWheelLoaderBuckets"is
Connectwithison: anexampleofthedetailneededtodefineashapesothatanaccuratecapacitycanbecalculated.Bucketsfor
HydraulicExcavatorsrequiresimilarinformationbutwehavenotyetpublishedafieldworksheet.

Belowisa6stepgraphicalmethodforestimatingtheHeapedorRatedcapacityofbuckets.Itapproximatesthe
resultsthatwouldbeobtainedbyusingthemoreformalmethodsCWSusesasoutlinedin:
RATINGBUCKETSWheelLoaders
RATINGBUCKETSHydraulicExcavators
SixStepstoEstimatingBucketCapacity

1Tracetheoutlineofthebucket
tobemeasuredonalargepieceof
cardboardorpaper.Whileinterior
shapeshouldbeaccurate,the
exteriorshapecanbeincludedas
reference.

1TraceBucketShape

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2DefinetheCrossSectionof
theloadbyconstructingtheheap
areaontopoftheareacontained
withinthebucket.

Startbydrawingabaseline
betweenthecuttingedge
andthetopofthespillboard
Atthecenterofthatline,draw
anewlineperpendicularto
thefirst.ForWheelLoader
Bucketsusingthe2:1heap,
theperpendicularlineshould
be1/4thelengthofthebase
line.ForExcavatorbuckets
usingthe1:1heap,itshould
be1/2thelength
Connecttheendsofthebase
linetotheendofthe
perpendicularlinetoenclose 2DefineCrossSectionofLoadConstruct"Heap"andaddtoInsideLoad
theheap.

3Drawagridofhorizontaland
verticallinesoverthewhole
bucketload.Forlargerbucketsthe
linescanbeon12"centers
yieldingsquaresof1squarefoot
each.Forsmallerbuckets,usea
smallergrid,perhaps6"centersto
yield1/4squarefootpersquare,
formoreaccuracy.

3Drawagridovertheloadarea

4Sequentiallynumberallthe
wholesquaresthatcovertheload
inthebucketignoringforthe
moment,anypartsoftheloadthat
arenotcoveredbywholesquares.

4Countupallthewholesquarescoveringtheload

5Groupbitsandpiecesof
partialsquarestoadduptowhole
squares.Countupalltheadditional
squaresthataremadeupofallthe
smallpieces.(Trytobeaccurate
butdon'tgooverboardwiththis

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exercise.Wheresomesquares
mightbealittleunderfilled,others
willbeover,cancelingouterror.)In
thisillustrationwehave52
squaressothecrosssectional
areaofthisloadis52squarefeet.

5Grouppartialsquaresintowholesquares

6Calculatethevolumeby
multiplyingthecrosssectional
areainsquarefeetbythelengthin
feet.Usingthe148"widthasan
example:148inchesinfeetis: Volumeis:52sq.ft.x12.33feet=641.33cu.ft.OrexpressedasCubicYardsis
148/12=12.33feetInNorth 641/27=23.7Yards3 Wherethismethodhasonlyappliedtheangleofreposein
America,mostbucketcapacities twodimensions,theSAEStandardFormulaappliesitinthree.Therefore
areexpressedincubicyardssoit experiencetellsusthattheactualratedcapacityofthisbucketwillbecloserto:23
isimportanttoknowthatonecubic or23.25Yd3 6CalculateVolume
yardcontains:1yard=3feet
so
3ft.x3ft.x3ft.=27cubic
feet
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