Shallow Water Bucket Wheel Dredger

Shallow-Water Dredging for Inland Waterways and Small Harbors

The Shallow Water Bucket Wheel Dredger is intended for shallow-water dredging projects in inland waterways, small harbors, shallow dock areas and coastal shoals. Yunfeng's bucket-wheel dredging equipment is used for applications involving accumulated silt, sand and harder bottom deposits, with mechanical bucket-wheel excavation and material discharge as the main operating approach.

For shallow-water projects, the hull draft, available water depth and required excavation depth must be evaluated together against actual site conditions. The minimum operating water depth and draft for this page's equipment configuration have not been established as fixed specifications.

Mechanical Bucket Wheel Excavation

The bucket-wheel system uses multiple digging buckets to remove bottom material mechanically. Yunfeng's published River Bucket Wheel Dredger information identifies hard soil and pebbles among the materials handled by its bucket-wheel dredging equipment.

Relevant project conditions for a shallow water bucket wheel dredger include:

• Accumulated silt and sediment in inland waterways.
• Sand deposits in river channels.
• Hard soil and pebble-containing bottom materials.
• Channel deepening and maintenance dredging.
• Sediment removal in small harbors and dock areas.

Actual material suitability depends on the bottom conditions and the selected bucket configuration.

Reference Technical Specifications

The following figures are published for Yunfeng's Bucket Wheel Suction Dredger. They provide reference data for evaluating related bucket-wheel dredging equipment; they are not confirmed fixed specifications of a separate shallow-water model.

Specification clarification: These figures belong to the published Bucket Wheel Suction Dredger configuration. They should not be treated as the guaranteed specifications of the Shallow Water Bucket Wheel Dredger. In particular, the published 18 m dredging depth is excavation depth; it does not indicate minimum operating water depth or hull draft.

Project-Based Configuration

Before selecting a dredger configuration, the following project conditions need to be reviewed:

• Water conditions: Available water depth, required draft clearance and seasonal water-level variation.
• Bottom material: Silt, sand, hard soil and pebble-containing deposits.
• Excavation requirements: Required dredging depth and target material volume.
• Discharge arrangement: Required pipeline diameter, discharge distance and pumping conditions.
• Working area: Available navigation width, positioning requirements and site access.

Hull dimensions, bucket-wheel arrangement, power configuration and discharge equipment must be assessed against the actual project requirements. The reference figures above should not be used as substitutes for a project-specific configuration.

Dredger Design and Manufacturing Support

Yunfeng Dredger Company is a China-based dredger manufacturer providing dredger research, design, manufacturing and sales. Our project process covers requirement analysis, equipment design, manufacturing, testing and delivery support. We also provide installation guidance, operator training and technical support.

Request a Shallow-Water Dredger Quotation

Send us your available water depth, bottom material, required dredging depth and target working capacity. You can also include a site drawing or project specification if available.

We will review the project conditions and discuss a suitable bucket-wheel dredger configuration, its applicable technical specifications and a project-based quotation.