converyor mounted on an excavator

[9420pullpan]

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[rino1494]

That is awesome

[Wolf]

Never saw anything like it. Looks kinda prehistoric.

[Steve Frazier]

That thing sure looks handy! I'm surprised there aren't stabilizers on it of some sort though. I'd think at start up and finishing, it would be pretty tippy.

[Wulf]

It would be pretty interesting to get that thing in a wide open space and start swinging to see how fast that baby would rotate...

[geert-yke]

The pictures from Pullpan are stolen from a dutch website!! Maybe he can asked permission to use some pictures which are made by other people.


The excavator is an Liebherr r984 from Abeko. It´s transporting material from ships to a steel mill plant.

[Dozerboy]

He isn't using those pics to selling or promote other products, there is nothing wrong with him posting them here you us to see.

[digger242j]

He isn't using those pics to selling or promote other products, there is nothing wrong with him posting them here you us to see.

What you're referring to is what's called "fair use".

Actually the whole doctrine of what is fair use, vs copyright infringement is full of gray areas. In any case, it's always better to have permission before posting anything that isn't your own original work. Sometimes that isn't possible, because, especially with the ease of copying things on the internet, the origin of the material may be unknown. Either way, we should be just as grateful to the original photographer for taking the pictures as we are to any of our members who share them with us. :yup

[Steve Frazier]

9420pullpan, please post the source of these pictures. As long as credit is given to the source and we aren't selling the photos, we meet the criteria for posting the pictures.

I believe if one were to visit the Dutch website, we'd find that these pictures still remain there.:wink2

By the way, Welcome to Heavy equipment Forums, geert-yke!!:drinkup

[digger242j]

Geert,

If you have personal knowlege of this machine, I have some questions.

Was the excavator built specifically for this application, or was it used previously for other work and adapted to this?

How much "excavator" is left there--obviously the bottom and the engine are there, and the dipper and bucket are gone, but is the boom a standard excavator boom, or something specifically built to carry the conveyor?

Is the operator's position still there, or is the machine controlled remotely from somewhere else?

Does the engine provide the power to the conveyor, or is it powered from somewhere else?

Sorry to be so inquisitive, (and I'm sure I can think of more questions), but that's like nothing I've ever seen in real life...

[geert-yke]

It´s indeed about fair use.

About the excavator. The conveyer belt on excavator is special built for this use. It´s made by the company Abeko B.V. Themself. They make nearly all special equipment for their own special applications. And the have built and modified a lot of special equipment. It´s a pitty that a lot of their equipment is on an area where it´s not allowed for entrance and forget making pictures:Banghead They used a ´used´ liebherr r984 excavator for this application. Only the boom from the excavator is removed and they have modified the base boom to carry the conveyor. The engine is the same and the have a generator to supply electric to the electric motors for the conveyor belt. Thats one of the thinks Abeko made it by their own.

The operation is from the original cabin. But they have any more operation handles. Also, another company has also to same machine. That´s van tunen www.vantunen.net They work on the same restricted area ad nd are competitors.

[digger242j]

Thanks, Geert! Obviously you do know about that machine. :)

It makes sense that they'd have built on a "used" machine, since it probably doesn't need to move nearly as often as an excavator that's used for, well, excavating.

[robthespanners]

i work for van tunen and will happily post the pics if someone explains how to???

just to mention, we do wind the pums up and modify the weights and engines slightly..

not as easy as just changing the arm;)

[wolf44]

I am not a lawyer but I did stay in a holiday inn last night. If the machine was sold to a public company or it can bee seen from a public road it's fair game. Public domain, prior art. You can have a look with Google earth if you know where to look, Welcome to the 21st century.

[robthespanners]

the pics arent top secret, there a marketing tool for the applications out there..