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Skeleton or Sieve Wheel Loader Buckets

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Wheel Loaders are primarily used to load, carry and dump materials into dump trucks, bins and hoppers. They are extremely good for carrying materials over short distances on irregular ground. Because wheel loaders are so versatile, they are used in the most diversified applications. Each loader bucket can be designed to suit each application, material density, customer requirements and machine capability.

The majority of eiengineering wheel loader buckets are characterized by the large underside base plate. The primary purpose is to support or carry the load across the entire width of the bucket. The baseplate and curved backplate form a rigid composite beam that gives the bucket a far superior bottom end strength and years of trouble free operation.

The bucket shape promotes the efficient loading of material, resulting in buckets which load easier and fill quicker than conventional buckets. These buckets can be designed in any width / capacity combination that suits the material density, truck or bin capacity and digging conditions. eiengineering buckets may be fitted with a number of additional components to protect and extend the life of each bucket such as inner skin plates, extra side wear patches, corner wear strips and various bolt on edges, lip shrouds, side edge shrouds, etc.

So, whether it’s hard rock, coal, light materials, sand, or red hot steel slag, eiengineering’s range of wheel loader buckets stand up under the most trying conditions. Better design and more robust materials ensure reliability, increased capacity and long bucket life. Built to machine specifications, our buckets and other attachments are good for profits with increased earnings, lower running costs and greater capital equipment savings.


eiengineering Skeleton or Sieve Wheel Loader Bucket

The skeleton or sieve wheel loader bucket is used for sieving and sorting materials such as bricks and rubble. As such, these buckets are designed with Bisalloy robust interlocking ribs to allow finer material to fall through the bucket and the bricks and rubble to be retained. The apertures can be designed specifically for the materials being sorted. Due top the open construction of these buckets, they are designed for larger capacities than general purpose buckets. This bucket has an optional straight , spade, or vee cutting edge and can be fitted with either teeth and adaptors or bolt-on-edge. The spillguard can have a straight, spade or mesh design for the protection of the cab and the wheel loader operator.

Depending on the operation, these buckets can be fitted with side wear patches and corner wear strips to reduce wear and tear on then bucket.


Performance Statement

High performance wheel loader buckets from eiengineering will improve your productivity and performance through:

Superior bucket breakout force and penetration through short pin to point bucket design

Improved bucket geometry for more efficient digging and loading of material

Heavy duty robust construction for increased strength and durability

Flexibility - any bucket width - depth – capacity

A choice of wear package configurations to build your general purpose bucket into a Rock or Heavy Duty Bucket

Are designed to comply with OH&S requirements


What to look for in a Skeleton or Sieve wheel loader bucket

In virtually all cases the loader bucket is wider than the wheels of the loader to protect the tyres.

The shorter the “pin to point” on the bucket, the better the bucket digs (referred to as bucket breakout force).

The shape of the cutting edge and the side cutting edges of the bucket determine how well the bucket penetrates into the pile of material.

The spillguard on the bucket protects the cab of the operator when loading over the side of trucks and bins. Material falls over the back of the spillguard when the bucket is fully raised and in the rolled back position.

The construction of the loader bucket is determined by the application. Buckets designed for one particular application will not perform best in another application. To overcome wheel loaders working in more than one application, an option is to fit a hydraulic quick coupler than will allow the quick changing of more than one attachment. (see Quick Couplers)

Loader bucket capacities are defined by either:

The Struck Capacity Vs which is approximately the waterline capacity

The SAE rated capacity or Heaped Capacity is with the bucket heaped with the pile at 1:2

SAE rated or heaped capacity is the one most commonly used. As an approximation, rated capacity is 1.17 X Struck Capacity.

Loader buckets are designed to suit specific applications and machine types. A bucket for one wheel loader will not fit another machine unless it is exactly the same make and model of wheel loader.


eiengineering Skeleton or Sieve Wheel Loader Bucket Design

Heavy duty top box construction allowing maximum transfer of loads into bucket hangers.

The unique design of the bucket enables the bucket to penetrate the stockpile with less effort. The bucket will consistently fill to maximum capacity, improving machine productivity and lowering operating costs.

Correct choice of wear parts and cutting edge systems lowers production costs and improves machine productivity

The heavy duty boxed floor construction is superior to all other conventional loader buckets. Because these buckets have a more durable base, they will perform and last at a higher standard requiring significantly less maintenance during their working life.

Shorter bucket “pin-to-point” from the bucket being designed for the application, material density and wheel loader specifications further improves penetration and force required for the cut.

Bucket width and capacity can be designed around the material density, operating and trucks or bins being loaded.

The centre hanger construction is superior to conventional loader buckets and is especially designed for the z-bar wheel loaders offered today.

All eiengineering buckets are made from Bisalloy, which is 3.1 times stronger than mild steel. This ensures more strength and less weight which means greater capacities, less fuel consumption and less load on the excavator.


The Benefits

The benefits you will experience are:

Earn more money moving more material - greater payload per bucket load – more in every fill without losing any digging ability.

Reduced cycle times as capacities are higher

Reduce fuel costs – because the bucket digs easier with less drag, fuel costs will be reduced

Save time – more bucket capacity means less time behind the controls, saving fuel and employee costs

Reduced servicing costs because the wheel loader is not working as hard

Bisalloy construction means longer working life of the bucket and less downtime carrying out expensive repairs or modifications


What you get as standard

All of our buckets are delivered ready to work with either, teeth and adaptors, or Bolt-on-cutting edge and any other wear packages required to complete the application and designed to protect the bucket from premature wear.

Teeth and adaptors available are Hensley, Esco, Caterpillar, Keech

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