You have a pile of mixed material. Rocks. Soil. Sand. Demolition waste.
You need to separate the useful stuff from the junk.
A standard bucket just scoops everything together.
A vibrating screen is slow and needs its own power source.
There’s an attachment that turns your excavator into a mobile screening plant.
It’s called an excavator screener. And it sorts material on site – no second machine required.
What Is A Screening Attachment For Excavators Exactly?
Think of it like a giant rotating drum with holes in it – like a washing machine drum, but built for rocks and dirt.
You scoop up material with the bucket. Then you spin the drum. The small stuff falls through the holes. The big stuff stays inside.
You dump the screened material where you need it – and keep the oversize for disposal or further processing.
The screening bucket for digger is powered by your excavator’s hydraulics. No external generator. No extra engine. Just plug in and start screening.
One contractor in Australia told us: “I used to truck all my demolition waste to a screening plant – $500 per load. Now I screen it on-site with my excavator screener. I’m saving thousands every week.”
Who Buys A Screening Attachment For Excavators?
From our real customer list:
- Demolition contractors – separating concrete, rebar, and bricks from soil and debris. The clean aggregate can be reused as backfill.
- Landscaping and earthmoving crews – screening topsoil for planting, removing rocks from garden beds, and sorting gravel for pathways.
- Pipeline and utility contractors – screening excavated material for trench backfill. Only the fine material goes back in – rocks are separated.
- Quarries and mines – sorting aggregate by size. One machine can do multiple grades.
- Municipal waste and recycling – separating organic material from construction waste, screening compost, and cleaning up contaminated soil.
- Farmers and agricultural contractors – removing stones from soil before planting.
One customer in Canada said, “I was screening soil for a golf course project. The screening attachments for excavators did in two days what would have taken my crew a week with a shaker screen.”
How Does An Excavator Screener Work?
You mount the screening bucket on your excavator arm instead of your standard bucket.
Connect the hydraulic hoses to your auxiliary circuit.
Scoop up material – just like you would with a normal bucket.
Then activate the rotation. The drum spins. The material inside tumbles and rolls.
Smaller particles fall through the mesh. Larger pieces stay inside.
When you’re done, you dump the oversize material – and keep the screened product.
The drum can rotate in both directions, which helps prevent clogging. If a stone gets stuck in a hole, reversing the drum usually pops it out.
One person, one machine, one pass. That’s the beauty of a screening attachment for excavators.
The Numbers You Actually Care About
Here are our six models. Choose based on your excavator size and material type.
| Model Number | Applicable Tonnage of Excavator(T) | Operating Flow(L/min) | Working Pressure(Mpa) | Self Weight(Kg) | Number of Revolutions Per Minute(RPM) |
| YG01 | 1.5-3 | 20 | 10-12 | 158 | 35 |
| YG02 | 3.5-5.5 | 30 | 10-12 | 245 | 60 |
| YG08 | 6-10 | 45 | 12-15 | 530 | 65 |
| YG012 | 11-18 | 65 | 15-18 | 1020 | 65 |
| YG016 | 19-28 | 80 | 18-22 | 1920 | 65 |
| YG018 | 29-38 | 150 | 18-22 | 2430 | 65 |
What Can A Screening Attachment For Excavators Screen?
- Soil and topsoil – remove rocks, roots, and debris
- Sand and gravel – separates different grades
- Demolition waste – concrete, bricks, and asphalt from dirt
- Compost and organic waste – for landscaping and agriculture
- Trench backfill – fine material for pipeline bedding
- River stone and aggregate – for construction
- Contaminated soil – pre‑processing for treatment
- Coal and minerals – sizing for processing
What About Maintenance?
Daily:
- Check hydraulic hoses for leaks
- Inspect the drum mesh for damage
- Grease the bearing points
Weekly:
- Clean the drum of built‑up material
- Check bolt tightness
Monthly:
- Inspect wear parts – replace if worn
- Check hydraulic oil quality
One Last Truth
A bucket scoops. A screening attachment for excavators sorts. If you handle mixed material, this is the tool that turns waste into a valuable product.
👉 Email admin@chinayugongmachinery.com now. Tell me your excavator model and what you need to screen. I’ll recommend the right excavator screener within 24 hours.
