The power-shovel industry saw a somewhat revolutionary transition in the 1910s. Steam, the standard power source for these machines since their advent around 1835, was being challenged by the new ...

The XES35 is weighed at nearly 1,100 tons with a height of 18.5 meters, which is the equivalent of a six-story building. Its standard configuration comes with a 35m³ shovel bucket that loads about 65 ...

Power shovels used to excavate the earth have proved essential to the mining industry, including open-pit and coal mining in the United States, for 150 years. Made up of a boom, dipper stick and ...