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Amphibious Excavator / Marsh Buggy

floating excavator

 
 

We are indeed proud to be the pioneer amphibious excavator (aka floating excacator) manufacturer  and premium supplier in Malaysia. We are now the largest amphibious excavator manufacturer in South East Asia with world wide recognition for our quality and superior performance. With our successful track records in designing and providing long reach attachment for numerous and unique dredging applications over the years, it is a natural progression for us to continue providing more comprehensive products to satisfy our customers' never ending quest for enhanced efficiency, safety and leading edge solutions. Our customers can look upon us to provide a complete package to carry out tasks in challengingterrains with incredible efficiency and high ROI (Return On Investment). An amphibious excavator / marsh buggy is specifically designed to manoeuvre in marshy and swampy area, soft terrain, as well as floating on water.

 

A long reach front amphibious excavator has always been in our product design roadmap. Our exposure during the many years of working with our customers in overcoming various challenging terrains has provided us with a wealth of experience and knowledge behind the design. Completely self propelled and could virtually access to all terrains and yet requires minimum supporting transportation or hoisting equipment.

 

Greater versatility can be easily achieved when used in conjunction with the wide range of attachments we produce. We have in house expertise in designing customized attachments in tackling unique challenges where traditional off-the- shelf solution fail to deliver.

 

 

Application:

 

EIK amphibious excavator has well proven itself in the followings applications:

  • Dredging

  • Landscaping

  • Erosion control and prevention

  • Deepening of waterway and river delta

  • Maintenance and cleaning of rivers, lakes, shoreline, ponds,...

swamp excavator

 

 

Hydraulic Extendable Pontoons:

 

An optional design feature allows each pontoon to retract or extend outward hydraulically. A fully retracted pontoons with reduced footprint provides the added advantage and convenience of transporting the machine on trailer without dismantling into modules. A tremendous saving on logistical cost over time. Fully extended pontoons provides the extra stability when situation call for.

 

Undercarriage designed for 14 ton class excavator and below comes with the hydraulic extendable control system. This is a standard feature regardless whether you invest in our complete amphibious machine or the pontoons undercarriage system only.

 

Structural grade tensile plate is used for the fabrication of the pontoons. The goal is to construct a high strength and durable base structure without being overly heavy, hampering its efficiency. The pontoon is designed to be able to float on water as an added safety feature (click here to watch video). It has 3 water tight compartments hermetically sealed with individual manhole for easy access from outside for inspection and preventive maintenance.

amphibious pontoon

 
 

 

 

 

Amphibious excavators work in the harshest conditions you can ever imagine. Our ultimate goal is to extend the dependable service life of the amphibious undercarriage system. Pontoons are shot blasted to ensure that the surface is thoroughly clean and free from contaminants and rust. In addition, this process presents the steel with a surface texture that provides excellent adhesion of prime coat of paint. .

 

 

 

Final Drives:

 

Proprietary design using dual or triple (model dependent) synchronous hydraulic motors on each pontoon. Multiple active motors propelling each pontoon provides superior tracking power, making it virtually undeterred in any terrain. A similar concept applies to a full time 4x4 gear system of a land vehicle. Most single motor powered pontoon require reduction system to reduce traveling speed. Our proprietary dual or triple motors system are designed to retain as much of the original excavator traveling speed as possible.


Many users do not realize that not all swampy areas are flat but undulating, and mud viscosity varies widely from area to area and country to country. One would fully appreciate the superior design of multi synchronous motor powered pontoons in the most challenging terrains.


Another key advantage is it has a higher ground speed. We have conducted field tests and it has been proven that when tracking in thick muddy ground, a higher traveling speed and momentum coupled with front and back synchronize motor tracking can drastically reduce the risk of being stuck.

 

 

Track Chain:

 

Each pontoon comprises of 2 or 3 strands (model dependent) of heavy duty track chain, constructed with high yield strength tensile steel. Track shoes/cleats supported by 3 strands of track chain provide the advantage of uniform pulling force and superior weight distribution across each track shoe/cleat.


The hard working sprockets and rollers are make from hardened steel, reducing the frequency of replacement and costly down time.
 

Each roller has an embedded bushing that greatly prolongs the useful working life of the track chain. Rollers are traveling on a strip of wear resistant steel plate, preventing any form of premature wearing to the pontoons.

 

 

 

Track Shoe:
 

Track cleats are steel fabricated. Steel material is favoured over aluminium alloy because of its malleable property. It has a much wider spread between yield strength and ultimate tensile strength. The distinct advantage of steel over aluminum is it is less prone to crack.
The steel track cleat used has a minimum yield strength and tensile strength of 280 Mpa (40,600 psi) and 480 Mpa (69,600 psi) respectively, which translates to approximately 16% and 65% improvement of yield strength and tensile strength respectively over 6061 T6 aluminium alloy.
 

 

Storage Compartment:

 

 

The original counterweight can be replaced with a well constructed general purpose storage and tool box compartment as an option. Customed design and build to fit snugly at the back of the excavator. An innovative and welcoming feature.

 

AmphiTrex

 

 

 

 

Attachments:

 

Default configuration of the amphibious excavator is equipped with the original boom, arm and bucket that comes as standard items with the excavator unless otherwise stated. Customer has the option to replace the standard boom and arm with a long reach attachment. The convenience of an extended reach and greater working range is always a welcomed advantage when carrying out work in marsh land and dredging related applications.

 

 

Frequently Asked Questions:

 

Can the AmphiTrex float on water?


All our AmphiTrex machines are designed to float on water as a safety feature. Click on the following filmstrip to view video clip where an AmphiTrex being towed on water by boat.
 

swap buggy video

 

 

Can the Amphibious machine turn easily on dry ground?


Absolutely! Our proprietary multi-synchronous drive motor system is a leap forward from the conventional dual motor undercarriage design. Not only manoeuvre effectively on hard and dry terrain, it can powered the entire machine up a slope with tremendous ease. We have fundamentally changed the paradigm behind the decades old technology.

 

Simpliy click on the video clips to feel the power. There is NO fast forwarding of the video footage.

 

 

 

Comprehensive Product Line Up:

 

We have comprehensive range of pontoon design to suit varies excavator capacity. 7 - 9 ton, 12 - 15 ton, 20 - 22 ton, 23 - 27 ton, 28-30 ton, 33 - 36 ton. Check out the gallery page for photos on various amphibious excavators from our satisfied customers around the world.

 

 

AM80

 

Designed for 7 - 9 ton class excavator

 

 

 

AM140

 

Designed for 12 - 14 ton class excavator

 

 

 

AM200

 

Designed for 20 - 22 ton class excavator

 

 

 

AM250

 

Designed for 24 - 27 ton class excavator

 

 

 

AM300

 

Designed for 28 - 30 ton class excavator

 

 

 

AM350

 

Designed for 33 - 36 ton class excavator

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Description 20-22 ton (44,000 - 48,400 lb) class excavator
m ft
A  Max. Track Length 9.81 32' 2"
B  Track Length On Ground 6.33 20' 9"
C  Rear Upper Structure Length# 2.68 8' 9"
D  Overall Length 13.02 42' 8"
E  Height of Boom 3.23 10' 7"
F  Counterweight Clearance 1.98 6' 6"
G  Overall Width, min/max (outward extendable) 5.86 / 6.66 19' 3" / 21' 1"
H  Undercarriage Width, min/max 5.60 / 6.40 18' 4" / 21' 0"
I  Track Gauge, min/max 3.68 / 4.48 12' 1" / 14' 8"
J  Track Shoe/Cleat Width 1.92 6' 3"
K  Min. Ground Clearance 1.05 3' 5"
L  Track Height 1.78 5' 10"
M  Overall Cab Height 3.82 12' 6"
N  Upper Structure Overall Width# 2.71 8'10"

* Dimensions are base on Hitachi ZX200-3 excavator.
** For the benefit of continuous product improvement, specifications are subject to change without prior notice.

       
 
     

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