The world’s largest construction machine,

The world’s largest construction machine is the rotating bucket excavator named Bagger 288, produced by the German industrialist company Krupp and used mostly in mining and road cutting operations.

Technical specifications:

Height: 95 meters
Length: 215 meters
Weight: 45,500 tons
Bucket diameter: 22 meters
Number of buckets: 20
Bucket capacity: 196 tons
Amount of material that can be transported in one tour: 3,920 tons
Interesting information about Bagger 288:

Its construction cost approximately 100 million dollars.
It can easily process 100,000 cubic meters of material per day.
7 pallets and 16 motors are used to move it.
It was used in the Hambach coal mine in Germany and was retired in 1998.
It is the largest land vehicle in the world.
Working principle of Bagger 288:

This huge machine moves on the terrain by moving on chain tracks. It digs the ground using its rotary bucket drum and buckets and transfers the excavated material to the conveyor belt next to it. The conveyor belt carries the material to the desired location.

Usage areas of Bagger 288:

Mining
Road construction
dam construction
Major infrastructure projects
Importance of Bagger 288:

Bagger 288 plays an important role in large-scale projects with its huge dimensions and processing capacity. In this way, time and cost savings are achieved in mining and infrastructure projects.

Some additional information about Bagger 288:

Bagger 288 is the world’s largest mobile work machine.
It also bears the title of the world’s largest excavator.
It has also entered the Guinness Book of World Records.
The Bagger 288 is an impressive example of how far engineering and technology have come. This huge machine continues to fascinate many people today.