2 - Introduction
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Practice Questions
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What is a scraper used for?
💡 Hint: Think of its primary function.
Define the swell factor.
💡 Hint: What does it help to determine?
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Interactive Quizzes
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What is the primary function of a scraper?
💡 Hint: Think of its full operational cycle.
True or False: A pusher can function independently of a scraper?
💡 Hint: What does a pusher rely on?
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Challenge Problems
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Given a scraper with a loading capacity of 25 cubic meters and a cycle time of 8 minutes, find productivity in cubic meters per hour.
💡 Hint: Use the conversion of cycle time into hours for calculation.
Determine how many scrapers are needed if one pusher can serve 6 scrapers and each scraper has a cycle time of 8 minutes and a pusher cycle time of 1.5 minutes.
💡 Hint: Calculating the balanced number of scrapers to pushers based on cycle times.
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