Surface Vehicle Standard: 400 Commonwealth Drive, Warrendale, PA 15096-0001
Surface Vehicle Standard: 400 Commonwealth Drive, Warrendale, PA 15096-0001
Surface Vehicle Standard: 400 Commonwealth Drive, Warrendale, PA 15096-0001
REAF.
JUL1998
VEHICLE
400 Commonwealth Drive, Warrendale, PA 15096-0001
STANDARD Issued 1972-08
Reaffirmed 1998-07
ForewordThis Reaffirmed Document has been changed only to comply with the new SAE Technical Standards
Board Format. Definitions have been changed to Section 3. Other section numbers have been renumbered.
1. ScopeThis SAE Standard applies to all machines with shovel, clam, or dragline attachment.
1.1 PurposeThe purpose of this document is to provide a uniform method for determining the SAE rated
capacity and SAE struck capacity for shovel dippers and clam buckets, and the SAE rated capacity for dragline
buckets.
3. Definitions
3.1 Shovel DipperSAE struck capacity is the volume of the dipper after it has been struck at the strike plane.
The strike plane shall pass through the top edge of the dipper and the cutting edge (see Figure 1).
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3.2 Shovel DipperSAE rated capacity is the sum of the SAE struck capacity and the material heaped on the
dipper at a 2:1 angle of repose (see Figure 1). This in no way implies that the shovel must carry the dipper
oriented in this attitude, or that all material will naturally have a 2:1 angle of repose (see Equation 1).
VR = VS + VE VM (Eq. 1)
3.3 Clam BucketSAE struck capacity is the volume of the material in the bucket after it has been struck at the
strike plane. The strike plane shall pass through the top edge of the back bands (see Figure 2).
3.4 Clam BucketSAE rated capacity is the volume of the material after it has been struck using the contour of
the back band and side plate, providing the side plates do not have a slope exceeding 2:1 (see Figure 3).
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If the operating mechanism is included in this volume, the total volume must be decreased by the volume of the
mechanism (see Equation 2).
VR = VS + VE VM (Eq. 2)
3.5 Dragline BucketSAE rated capacity is the volume of the bucket after being struck across the top and
vertically from the front edge of the bottom bit and then reduced by 10% to compensate for the angle of repose
of the material (see Figure 4 and Equation 3).
V R = 0.9 ( V S V M ) (Eq. 3)
The SAE rated capacities shall be in the same range of rated sizes and increments as the SAE struck capacity.
If the calculated capacity falls below a rated size by more than 2%, use the next lower rated size.
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3.7 Clam BucketSAE deck area. The deck area shall be the area of the shaded portion shown in Figure 5. This
area shall be the product of the outside width of the lips times the open length of the lips.
3.8 General NotesA contoured cutting edge will use the lowest opening. Spill guards, teeth, or other
accessories shall not be in the dipper or bucket capacity calculations. Volume calculations for Vs shall be
based on inside physical dimensions only and shall be reduced for side relief, odd shapes, and structures or
mechanisms, protruding into this volume.
4. Width
4.1 The dipper or bucket width is measured over the sides of the dipper or bucket at the lower lip without teeth or
side cutters attached (see WB, Figures 1, 2, and 4).
4.2 The cutting width is measured over the teeth or side cutters (see WC, Figure 1). For buckets or dippers having
teeth installed inside the width (WB), the cutting width (WC) is also the bucket or dipper width.
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RationaleThis Reaffirmed Document has been changed only to comply with the new SAE Technical
Standards Board Format. Definitions have been changed to Section 3. Other section numbers have
been renumbered.
ApplicationThis SAE Standard applies to all machines with shovel, clam, or dragline attachment.