Common excavators are driven by internal combustion engine and electric driven excavators. Among them, electric excavators are mainly used in plateaus and underground mines and other inflammable and explosive places.
According to different scales, excavators can be divided into large excavators, medium excavators and small excavators
According to different ways of walking, excavators can be divided into crawler excavators and wheel excavators.
According to different transmission modes, excavators can be divided into hydraulic excavators and mechanical excavators. Mechanical excavators are mainly used in some large mines.
According to the purpose, excavators can be divided into general excavators, mining excavators, marine excavators, special excavators, etc.
According to the bucket, the excavator can be divided into shovel excavator, backhoe excavator, dragline excavator and grab shovel excavator. Front shovel excavators are mostly used to excavate materials above the surface, and backhoe excavators are mostly used to excavate materials below the surface.