Sanyang dredge draghead, which is used by the trailing suction hopper dredger, is a steel structure that is connected to the dredger by a suction pipe. Supported by the gantries and by using hydraulic winches, the dredge drag head and suction pipe are let down onto the sea bottom in order to suck a mixture of water and sand.
To cut the seabed, the dredge draghead is equipped with replaceable teeth and water jet nozzles. The nozzles are placed at the front of the dredge draghead and used to cut the sand at the sea bed vertically, while the replaceable teeth are placed at the back to cut horizontally.