Dredge Built for Land and
Water Use
Dragflow has sold a newly designed
amphibious dredge to a large Chilean mining
company that produces industrial minerals.
The machine will operate in tailing ponds
near the customer’s mine in Chile’s Atacama
Desert, pumping tailings material back to
the plant for reprocessing. The water level in
these ponds varies but is usually less than a
half meter, making the application well-suit-ed
for amphibious dredging. With two lateral tracked floaters, the
new dredge can move over ground similar to any earthmoving
machine, while additional central floaters allow it to float on water
with high stability. It also is able to work efficiently in muddy and soft
soils and swamp land, according to the manufacturer. The dredge is
equipped with a 260-kW diesel engine, which runs the hydraulic
power pack; the dredging unit itself, a DRAGFLOW HY85/160 plus
two EXHY20 cutters; and a Jet Ring System with high-pressure water
jets to assist in dry dredging conditions.
www.dragflow.com
As featured in Womp 2015 Vol 10 - www.womp-int.com
