Bulk excavation with no obstructions

Back excavator - I.e. CAT 350 with 2m3 bucket

- I.e. PC400 with 2m3 bucket
Coefficients
Material - Medium to dense sand
Dig factor
Slew factor - load into tipper
Slew factor
Bucket fill factor for sand
Bucket factor
Bulking of material - Medium Sand
Bulking factor

1.2
1.4
0.8
0.7

Basic cycle based on optimum production

Optimum Factored
Dig
5
6
Slew full
4
5.6
dump
5
5
Slew empty
4
5.6
Total cycle
Hoursly
Bucket size
Work efficiency
(Dubai FU factor)
Machine output

18
200
2

sec
sec
sec
sec

22.2 sec
162 cyl/hr
1.6 m3

0.8

0.8

320

208 m3/hr

This output refers to compacted, undisturbed material

Hence adding on for bulking of excavated material
Rate of excavation of undisturbed

145 m3/hr

The transport of excavated material is the distubed volume

Size of trucks to use will be

18 m3

No. of loads possible

12 load/hour

Round trip distance will be

2,000 m

Average travel speed on site

25 km/hr

Travel time
Stop & set for load
Loading time
Reverse & tip

288
10
250
90

Total time

638 sec

Efficiency Rating
No. of trips per hour
No. of truck per excavator

Summary: 1 No. Excavator with a bucket

Will excavate undisturbed
with a bulked volume of
Truck required to transport
Tranported per trip
Size of tipper used
Travel distance to tip area

0.8

sec
sec
sec
sec

797 sec
4.52 Trip/hr
3 Trucks

2
145
208
3
12.6
18
1,000

m3
m3/hr
m3/hr
No.
m3
m3
m

Bulk excavation - Med

Bulk excavation with no obstructions

Back excavator - i.e. Hitachi EX200 (135HP) with 0.75m3 bucket
Coefficients
Material - Medium to dense sand
Dig factor
Slew factor - load into tipper
Slew factor
Bucket fill factor for sand
Bucket factor
Bulking of material - Medium Sand
Bulking factor

1.1
1.4
0.9
0.75

Basic cycle based on optimum production

Optimum Factored
Dig
6
6.6
Slew full
8
11.2
dump
3
3
Slew empty
6
8.4
Total cycle

23

Hoursly

157

Bucket load

0.75

sec
sec
sec
sec

29.2 sec
123 cyl/hr
0.675 m3

Work efficiency (Dubai

0.8

0.8

Machine output

94

67 m3/hr

This output refers to compacted, undisturbed material

Hence adding on for bulking of excavated material
Rate of excavation of undisturbed

50 m3/hr

The transport of excavated material is the distubed volume

Size of trucks to use will be

12 m3

No. of loads possible

6 load/hour

Round trip distance will be

2000 m

Average travel speed on site

20 km/hr

Travel time
Stop & set for load
Loading time
Reverse & tip

360
5
519
90

Total time

974 sec

Efficiency Rating
No. of trips per hour
No. of truck per excavator

Summary: 1 No. Excavator with a bucket

Will excavate undisturbed
with a bulked volume of
Truck required to transport
Size of tipper trucks
Travel distance to tip area

0.8

sec
sec
sec
sec

1218 sec
2.96 Trip/hr
2 Trucks

0.75
50
67
2
12
1000

m3
m3/hr
m3/hr
No.
m3
m

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Excavation round obstructions

Excavation round obstructions

Consider a JCB 3C working round pile caps
Coefficients
Lots of moving and travel required & re-setting
Activity factor
Material - Medium to dense sand
Dig factor
Slew factor - load into tipper
Slew factor
Bucket fill factor for sand
Bucket factor
Bulking of material - Medium Sand
Bulking factor

0.5
1.1
1.7
0.6
0.89

Basic cycle based on optimum production

Optimum Factored
Dig
3
3.3
Slew full
4
6.8
dump
1.5
1.5
Slew empty
4
6.8

sec
sec
sec
sec

Total cycle

12.5

18.4 sec

Hoursly

288

196 cyl/hr

Bucket size

0.6

0.36 m3

Work efficiency (Dubai)

0.8

0.8

Activity factor

0.5

0.5

Machine output

138

28 m3/hr

This output refers to compacted, undisturbed material

Hence adding on for bulking of excavated material
Rate of excavation of undisturbed m

25 m3/hr

The transport of excavated material is the distubed volume

Size of trucks to use will be

14 m3

No. of loads possible

Round trip distance will be

2 load/hour
1000 m

Travel speed on site

20 km/hr

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Excavation round obstructions

Travel time
Stop & set for load
Loading time
Reverse & tip

180
5
716
90

Total time

991 sec

Efficiency Rating

0.8

No. of trips per hour

1238 sec
2.91 Trip/hr

No. of truck per excavator

Summary: 1 No. Excavator with a bucket

Will excavate undisturbed
with a bulked volume of
Truck required to transport
Size of tipper trucks
Travel distance to tip area

sec
sec
sec
sec

1 Trucks

0.6
25
28
1
14
500

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m3
m3/hr
m3/hr
No.
m3
m

Loading from stock pile

Loading from stock pile

Consider a CAT 966, no obstructions, loading
sand from a stock pile onto tipper trucks
Coefficients
No obstructions, easy movment
Activity factor
Material - Medium to dense sand
Dig factor
Manouver by180
Move factor
Bucket fill factor for sand
Bucket factor
Bulking of material - Medium Sand
Bulking factor from stock pile vol

1.1
1.4
1.5
0.9
0.8

Basic cycle based on optimum production

Optimum Factored
Dig
6
8.4
Slew full
5
7.5
dump
2
2
Slew empty
5
7.5
Total cycle

18

sec
sec
sec
sec

25.4 sec

Hoursly

200

142 cyl/hr

Bucket size

2.5

2.25 m3

Work efficiency (Dubai)

0.8

0.8

Activity factor

1.1

1.1

Machine output

400

281 m3/hr

This output refers to compacted, undisturbed material

Hence adding on for bulking of excavated material
Rate of excavation of undisturbed mate

225 m3/hr

The transport of excavated material is the distubed volume

Size of trucks to use will be

18 m3

No. of truck loads per machine

16 load/hour

Round trip distance will be

2,000 m

Travel speed on site

30 km/hr

Travel time
Stop & set for load
Loading time
Reverse & tip

240
30
203
90

Total time

563 sec

Efficiency Rating

18

0.8

sec
sec
sec
sec

704 sec

No. of trips per hour

5.11 Trip/hr

No. of truck per excavator

3.05 Trucks

Summary: Front Excavator with a bucket

Will excavate from stock pile
with a bulked volume of
Truck required to transport
Size of tipper trucks
Travel distance to tip area

2.5
225
281
3
18
1,000

m3
m3/hr
m3/hr
No.
m3
m

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Dozer

Rip Sandstone - medium dense cemented stone

Dozer used to rip and push to stock pile
medium material - UCS 0.5 to 5.0

D8 -

800 m3 / dayshift

D9 -

1000 m3 / dayshift

Dozer productivity
D8 Dozer
From CAT Manual Page 1-56
Density of soil
Dozing distance

1,900 Kg/m3
30 m

From page 1-53

Target Production

600 Lm3/hr

Operator factor

0.7

Material condition

Visibility

Heat factor

0.8

Job efficiency

0.8

Dubai FU Factor

0.7

Production

188.16 Lm3/hr

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Compaction - small

Compaction of small areas

Using a Bomag 65 double vibrating roller
Compactino of formation to foot path
Mass of unit
Width of drum
Speed of travel

526 Kg
670 mm
1.4 Km/hr

Uneven surface factor

Working efficiency
Task factor

0.85
0.83
0.92

Number of passess specified

Area to be compacted

3
100 m long
2 m wide
200 m2

Equivalent length per pass

Theoretical time for one pass
Actual time, incl factors
No. of passes
Total time to compact

298.51
0.21
0.33
3
0.99

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m
hrs
hrs
No.
hrs

Compaction - medium

Compaction of medium areas

Using a Bomag BW90S double vibrating roller
Compaction of fill behind soil wall
Mass of unit
Width of drum
Speed of travel

1251 Kg
910 mm
1.2 Km/hr

Uneven surface factor

Working efficiency
Task factor
Dubai "FU" factor

0.8
0.83
0.92
0.7

Number of passess specified

Thickness of layer

150 mm

Area to be compacted

76 m long
6.5 m wide
494 m2

Equivalent mass per meter

Equivalent length per pass
Theoretical time for one pass
Actual time, incl factors
No. of passes
Total time to compact
Eq. Vol

1375 Kg
542.86
0.45
1.06
8
8.46

m
hrs
hrs
No.
hrs

8.755 m3/hr
0.114 hrs/m3
58 M2/HR

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Compaction - heavy

Compaction of large areas

Using a Bomag BW212D double vibrating roller
Compaction of formation to road or bulk filling
Mass of unit
Width of drum
Speed of travel on site
Uneven surface factor
Working efficiency
Task factor
Number of passess specified

12,000 Kg
1,600 mm
4 Km/hr
0.85
0.8
0.9
8

Recommended No. of passes for 98%

Thickness of layer

150 mm

Area to be compacted

523 m long
206 m wide

Area to be compacted
Vol compacted
Equivalent mass per meter
Equivalent length per pass
Theoretical time for one pass
Actual time, incl factors
No. of passes
Total time to compact area/mch

CAT manual speed for compation

Thickness of layer

107738 m2
16160.7 m3
7500 Kg
67336
16.83
27.51
8
220.05

m
hrs
hrs
No.
hrs

73.44 M3/HR
489.6 M2/HR
734.4 m3/roller.day

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Compaction of lean mix

Using a CC422 double vibrating roller
Compaction of lan mix
Mass of unit
Width of drum
Speed of travel on site
Uneven surface factor
Working efficiency
Task factor
Number of passess specified

11,500 Kg
1,800 mm
2 Km/hr
0.85
0.8
0.9
8

Thickness of layer

225 mm

Area to be compacted

241 m long
23 m wide

Area to be compacted
Vol compacted
Equivalent mass per meter
Equivalent length per pass
Theoretical time for one pass
Actual time, incl factors
No. of passes
Total time to compact area

5543 m2
1247.175 m3
6389 Kg
3079
1.54
2.52
8
20.13

m
hrs
hrs
No.
hrs

61.965 M3/HR
275.4 M2/HR

Compaction-LandPak

Compaction using LandPak

Compaction of bulk filling
Mass of unit
Width of drum
Speed of travel on site
Uneven surface factor
Working efficiency
Task factor

12,000 Kg
1,600 mm
4 Km/hr

CAT manual speed for compation

0.85
0.8
0.9

TO BE COMPLETED

Number of passess specified

Recommended No. of passes for 98%

Thickness of layer

150 mm

Area to be compacted

523 m long
206 m wide

Area to be compacted
Vol compacted
Equivalent mass per meter
Equivalent length per pass
Theoretical time for one pass
Actual time, incl factors
No. of passes
Total time to compact area/mch

Thickness of layer

107738 m2
16160.7 m3
7500 Kg
67336
16.83
27.51
8
220.05

m
hrs
hrs
No.
hrs

73.44 M3/HR
489.6 M2/HR
734.4 m3/roller.day

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Compaction-LandPak

or compation

f passes for 98%

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