 Power shovel

A power shovel (also stripping shovel or front shovel or electric mining shovel or Electric Rope Shovel ) is a bucket-equipped machine, usually electrically powered, used for digging and loading earth or fragmented rock and for mineral extraction.Power Shovels are a type of rope/cable excavator, where the digging arm is controlled and powered by winches and steel ropes, rather than hydraulics like in the more common hydraulic excavators.