Excavators are widely used in industry, especially in construction engineering, mining, petroleum, transportation, and infrastructure construction. It plays an important role in many industrial applications due to its powerful excavation, shoveling, and handling capabilities. The following are the uses of excavators in different industrial fields:

1. Construction Engineering
Excavators are indispensable equipment on construction sites and are mainly used for:

Excavation of foundation pits: used for excavation of building foundations.

Earthwork: used for excavating soil, stones, etc., for site leveling, earth piling or earth transportation.

Demolition operations: By equipping with different attachments (such as breaker hammers), excavators can be used to demolish old buildings, concrete structures, etc.

Clean and organize the site: Before construction on the construction site, excavators can be used to clear obstacles such as weeds and rocks.

2. Mining
In mining, the application of excavators is more extensive and complex:

Open-pit mining: Excavators are used to mine ores in open-pit deposits, especially in the process of earthwork and ore mining in mining areas, and are often used for crushing, screening, earth piling and other operations.
Material handling: Excavators are not only used to mine ore, but also to load ore onto trucks or conveyor belts for transportation.

3. Road construction and maintenance
Excavators play a vital role in the construction of transportation infrastructure such as roads and railways:
Road foundation excavation: used for ground excavation for projects such as roads and bridges.
Ramp construction: When earthwork is required, excavators are used to dig and adjust the terrain to build ramps or roads.
Ditch digging: used to build drainage ditches, pipeline laying and other infrastructure.
4. Water conservancy projects
Excavators are also widely used in water conservancy projects:
River dredging: Excavators are used to clear river silt, maintain smooth water flow and prevent floods.
Dyke construction: During the construction of dykes, excavators are used to dig and move soil and building materials.

5. Oil and gas industry
In the oil and gas industry, the main uses of excavators include:
Drilling platform construction: During the construction of drilling platforms, excavators are used to dig foundations and transport materials.
Infrastructure construction: used to build pipelines, storage tanks and other petrochemical infrastructure.
Oilfield mining: used to dig mining channels, oil storage tanks and other required in oil fields.

6. Landfill and environmental cleanup
Waste handling: In landfills or waste storage areas, excavators are used to move garbage, waste and soil to keep the site clean.
Land restoration: In the restoration of abandoned mines or contaminated land, excavators are used to level the land and remove pollutants.

7. Forestry and agriculture
Excavators also play an important role in some special agricultural and forestry projects:
Afforestation: Excavators are used for large-scale tree planting or land preparation, digging pits and planting trees.
Farmland water conservancy: In the construction of agricultural irrigation systems, excavators are used for trenching, laying pipelines and other tasks.

8. Demolition and waste disposal
Building demolition: With different attachments (such as hydraulic breakers, grabbers, etc.), excavators can be used to demolish old buildings, bridges and other structures.
Waste disposal: Excavators can move waste (such as old cars, abandoned buildings, plastics, metals, etc.) to treatment facilities.

9. Urban infrastructure construction
Excavators also play an important role in urban infrastructure construction:
Underground pipeline construction: used to dig trenches for underground pipelines, communication cables and other pipelines.
Bridge foundation construction: When building bridges, excavators can be used to dig foundations, pile driving, etc.

10. Railway construction
The application of excavators in railway construction is also very important:
Track foundation excavation: Excavators are used to dig the foundation of railway lines and earthwork for laying tracks.
Demolition and cleaning: Dismantle old railway facilities and clean up construction sites.