What is Dredging and Its Application

Dredging is to dredge, widen or dig deep waters such as deep rivers and lakes, and use manmade power or machinery to carry out underwater earthwork or excavation works.

The generalized dredging includes the reef and the fried beach, which are carried out by the blasting method under water. A small river that is constructed by artificially breaking the flow. Various dredgers are widely used in mechanical construction, and onshore construction machinery such as rope shovel is sometimes used.

About the dreging history, the mechanical dredging began in 1600, and the prototype of the chain bucket dredger appeared in the construction of the port of Rotterdam, the Netherlands. China began construction of dredgers in the Huangpu River in 1889. In 1929, the Jiangnan Shipyard caused a chain bucket dredger. In the early 1980s, China had an annual capacity of about 300 million cubic meters of mechanical dredging.

Dredging works are widely used: 1, to excavate new waterways, ports and canals. 2, Deep, widen and clean up existing waterways and ports. 3, dredge the rivers, channels, and dredging of the reservoir. 4, Excavation of foundation pits for hydraulic structures such as docks, docks and ship locks. 5, Combine dredging to carry out landfilling, reclamation and other projects. 6, Clear underwater obstacles.