What are the types of snowplows?

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Snowplows can be categorized into pushing type, snow-throwing type, and snow-blowing type based on their working principles. Pushing-type snowplow: This type involves installing snowplow blades or snowplow shares on large vehicles like bulldozers to push snow away, creating a passageway. The piled snow is then transported away by other vehicles. The drawback is that this type can only push snow to the roadside without the ability to collect or throw snow. It is only suitable for fresh snow or broken ice and snow, with low cleaning efficiency, a high risk of scratching the ground, and significant time consumption. Snow-throwing type snowplow: This type first collects the snow and then uses a snow-throwing pump to throw the snow to the roadside or onto transport vehicles. The most common variant is the spiral type. Snow-blowing type snowplow: This type uses an aircraft engine to generate a powerful high-pressure airflow, which is blown out through a nozzle to clear ground snow. Snow-blowing snowplows operate at high speeds with high productivity, but they are very costly. The disadvantage is that they are only suitable for fresh snow and can only be used at airports, bridges, and highways, making them unsuitable for developing small-scale products.