Bucket wheel excavators, spreaders, reclaimers etc. are the group of the heavy machines commonly used in the mining, power and bulk-handling industry. As machines of those type are used worldwide in different operational conditions, different design and testing approach were developed in national and international standards. The paper presents and compare the theoretical assumptions stated in most common standards (DIN, AS, ISO, BG) as well in the technical and scientific literature. Moreover, the paper presents real life application giving this way opportunity for reliable assessment of the obtained results over the normative theoretical assumptions.

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Department of Machine Design and Research
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Wroclaw University of Technology
Poland