Orange Peel / cactus grabs
Materials like shredded scrap, rocks, boulders, wood chips, etc. are practically impossible to penetrate with normal clamshell grabs. For these materials you need our cactus or orange peel grabs.
Different models for different materials
As with the clamshell grabs, Grab Resale delivers
various models of cactus grabs, each model
accustomed to the material to be handled.
There are different grabs for the various types of scrap, for stones, for pig iron and DRI/HBI and for wood chips.
Large experience
The materials handled with cactus grabs vary enormous and each material requires another grab:
- wood chips are very light (0.2 - 0.4 ton/M3) and are relative easy to grab;
- pig iron is very heavy (3.0 - 3.5 ton/M3) and can be quite hard on the scales;
- blocks of granite are very abrasive and can cause extreme wear on the scale points.
We know the materials and we know the grabs that belong to it.
Mechanical Orange Peel Grab
Mechanical orange peel (Cactus) grabs in several executions for scrap or small rocks handling.
These orange peel grabs are also suitable for dredging purposes.
Let us do a quotation without obligations and for free .
The engineering of specials or custom made hydraulic clamshell buckets are totally free and also without any obligations .

Mechanical clamshell grabs
The designers of Grab Resale aim at maximum efficiency as possible by means of a grab weight that was is as low as possible. To achieve this, the grab is made from special steel with a grab ratio of 2 or more. A grab that has reached an optimal balance between minimum weight and maximum capacity. Through all the improvements that have been made in the past, the Clamshell grab has become a perfect piece of machinery, that, put simply, always works, requires no maintenance and lasts a long time.
It is suitable for many types of bulk - coal, ore, sand, grains and feeds. It is also suitable for finer bulk such as minerals, phosphates, kaolin, salt, magnesium, fluorspar, barytes, bentonite, bauxite, alumina and so on. A clamshell grab is a broadly applicable grab and for volumes up to 20m3 it offers a high return on investment.
There are several type of clamshell grabs;
- One Rope ( touch down, remote control or hand tripped )
- Two Rope
- Four Rope
The shape of the bucket and the sophisticated kinematics, combined with quality bearings guarantee Grab-Resale mechanical bulk handling grabs to be exceptionally will degined to guarantee maximum penetrating into the material.
If your looking for the right solution for your company Grab-Resale is your partner.
Our advantages:
- We discuss everthing
- Optimum guarantee
- All inclusive price
- Founds till the last kg
- in conformity with the stipulations of the Machines' Council Directives 89/37/EG.
- Grab are also built under CE standard and ISO9001
Onze Mechanische bak configuraties:
- Capacity up to 20 cub
- Balancers for closing ropes
- Greasing on a centrale point
- Steel or plastic rope sheaves
- Closed, half closed or open design
- Closed model executed with pressure vavles
Let us do a quotation without obligations and for free .
The engineering of specials or custom made hydraulic clamshell buckets are totally free and also without any obligations .