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hydraulic shovel click to hear : hydraulic shovel

Machine made up of a pivot cab with a bucket attached for moving various types of material.
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tooth diesel engine compartment pivot cab turntable bucket cylinder arm hinge pin backward bucket outrigger frame counterweight cab boom cylinder boom arm cylinder

tooth click to hear : tooth

Protrusions along the rim of the bucket that cut into the material to be moved.

diesel engine compartment click to hear : diesel engine compartment

Combustion engine in which the compressed air becomes sufficiently hot to ignite the injected fuel.

pivot cab click to hear : pivot cab

Platform that supports the boom and rotates on the turntable.

turntable click to hear : turntable

Circular path on which the cab rolls as it pivots on a vertical axle.

bucket cylinder click to hear : bucket cylinder

Hydraulic device consisting of a telescopic arm that controls the back-and-forth movement of the bucket.

arm click to hear : arm

Oscillating part of the backhoe that moves the bucket toward and away from the tractor.

hinge pin click to hear : hinge pin

Axle enabling the arm to articulate with the boom.

backward bucket click to hear : backward bucket

Bucket for digging into the ground; it is loaded by dragging it toward the tractor.

outrigger click to hear : outrigger

Retractable component that stabilizes the machine when the shovel is in use.

frame click to hear : frame

The hydraulic shovel’s metal structure.

counterweight click to hear : counterweight

Weight counterbalancing the load in the shovel to stabilize the shovel.

cab click to hear : cab

Compartment from which the operator manipulates the shovel.

boom cylinder click to hear : boom cylinder

Hydraulic device consisting of a telescopic arm that controls the movement of the boom.

boom click to hear : boom

Oscillating part of the backhoe that moves the arm and thus the bucket up and down.

arm cylinder click to hear : arm cylinder

Hydraulic device consisting of a telescopic arm that controls the movement of the arm.