Explain in detail the significance and application of Power shovels
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power shovel (also stripping shovel or front shovel or electric mining shovel or Electric Rope Shovel [2]) is a bucket-equipped machine, usually electrically powered, used for digging and loading earth or fragmented rock and for mineral extraction.[3] Power Shovels are a type of rope/cable excavator, where the digging arm is controlled and powered by winches and steel ropes, rather than hydraulics like in the more common hydraulic excavators.
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Power shovels are used principally for excavation and removal of overburden in open-cut mining operations, though it may include loading of minerals, such as coal. They are the modern equivalent of steam shovels, and operate in a similar fashion. ... Capable of digging very hard materials. Can remove big sized boulders.
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