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GRAB DREDGER

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 GRAB DREDGER
Spoil is lifted from the bottom by a grab
and is discharged into a barge that has been
moored alongside the pontoon.

Barge
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 GRAB HOPPER DREDGER

Spoil is lifted up and discharged into

the hopper, which has been integrated
in the dredger.

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 GRABS

The mud grab The sand grab The heavy- The cactus grab
is used to dig is used to dig up digging grab (orange-peel
up mud, soft fine, coarse or is used to dig up grab) is used for
clay or silt. compacted sand stiff clay or rocks. lifting rocks,
cobbles and
boulders.
BACKHOE DREDGER and DIPPER DREDGER

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 BACKHOE DREDGER

The Backhoe dredger is an excavating dredger that

has been mounted on a pontoon.

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 BACKHOE DREDGER
Spoil is lifted from the bottom by a bucket and is
discharged into a barge that has been moored
alongside.

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barge
 BACKHOE DREDGER

The digging-action of the bucket is

towards the dredger.

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 BACKHOE DREDGER

When working a face, the bucket penetrates the

soil from the top of the face down.

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 DIPPER DREDGER

The bucket is lowered and lifted by the

hoisting-wires.

HOISTING WIRE

BUCKET
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 DIPPER DREDGER

The dipper-dredger is often fitted with a submerged

drill to disintegrate rocky bottoms.

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 DIPPER DREDGER

The dipper-dredger is spudded to keep her

in position.

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 BUCKET DREDGER

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 BUCKET DREDGER

Spoil is grabbed by buckets that are mounted

on an endless bucket-chain.

BUCKET
 BUCKET DREDGER

The bucket chain is driven by

an upper tumbler and a bottom tumbler.
The latter is raised and lowered by wires.

Upper
tumbler

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Bottom
tumbler
 BUCKET DREDGER

When the extremity of the ladder

has been lowered to the desired depth,
the spoil is captured by the buckets

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 BUCKET DREDGER

A number of buckets perform

the digging-action simultaneously.

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CUTTER SUCTION DREDGER

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 CUTTER HEAD

The spudded cutter suction dredger

is fitted with a rotating cutterhead.

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CUTTER SUCTION DREDGER

With the aid of wires the cutter makes

a sweep that has the shape of an arc.

                                                              
CUTTER SUCTION DREDGER

The cutterhead disintegrates the soil.

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CUTTER SUCTION DREDGER

The spoil is then pumped up and

discharged through a pipeline

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CUTTER SUCTION DREDGER

The working-spud serves as a

pivoting point

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CUTTER SUCTION DREDGER

The walking-spud is used

to advance the dredger

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 CUTTERHEADS

BASKE
CLOSED NOSE
BASKET
T Cutterheads have
spiral-shaped blades
Sattached to a hub.

MODIFIED CROWN
BASKET

Detachable teeth are

PICK POINT
attached to the blades to cut
FLARED POINT hard materials.

TWO-LEG ADAPTER S

CHISEL POINT.
The spacing between the teeth is varied according to the
material to be dredged. This prevents clogging.
TRAILING SUCTION HOPPER DREDGER

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TRAILING SUCTION HOPPER
DREDGER

This dredger is a sea-going, self-propelled

vessel with a suction pipe that is trailed
along the sea-bed.

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SUCTION PIPE AND DRAGHEAD

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 SUCTION PIPE
Due to rolling and pitching of the dredger the distance
between vessel and bottom may vary.

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 SWELL COMPENSATOR.
To prevent damage to the vessel, a swell compensator
is used to keep the tension on the wires.

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 VISOR DRAGHEAD

This draghead consists of a pivoted visor

and two fixed parts joined by hinges.

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 VISOR DRAGHEAD
Water-jets are aimed into the sea-bed
to disintegrate the soil.

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 VISOR DRAGHEAD
The visor draghead is self-adjusting
and fitted with shoes that provide the aperture
between visor and bottom.

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 DREDGING WHEELS

ADVANTAGES:

. excellent cutting-properties
. constant dredging process
. no blockage by clogging
. no sensitivity to debris

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 BOOSTER STATION

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On long pipelines additional BOOSTER-PUMP

booster pumps may be inserted.

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International Maritime Language Programme – IMLP

C P.C. van Kluijven

The IMLP is an IMO-standard.