clamshell

Japanese: clamshell
clamshell

... draglineA machine that excavates by pulling a bucket (capacity 0.3 to 3.1 m3) suspended from a long boom by a wire rope toward the front. It is used for removing topsoil below ground level, digging and dredging channels, and collecting gravel, but it has poor digging power and is not suitable for digging hard soil. clamshellA machine that excavates using an opening and closing bucket (called a grab) suspended by a wire rope from a boom. It is used for deep digging in narrow areas such as digging roots for foundations of structures and underwater excavation, as well as for loading and unloading sand, gravel, crushed stone, and coal. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "clamshell" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… ドラグラインdraglineワイヤロープによって長いブームからつり下げたバケット(容量0.3~3.1m3)を,手前に引き寄せて掘削を行う機械で,地面より低い表土のはぎ取り,水路の掘削や浚渫,砂利採取などに使用されるが,掘削力が劣り硬土盤の掘削には適していない。  クラムシェルclamshellブームからワイヤロープによってつり下げた開閉するバケット(グラブという)によって掘削を行う機械。構造物基礎の根掘りや水中掘削など狭い範囲での深い掘削のほか,砂,砂利,砕石および石炭などの荷役作業にも使用される。…

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