Bucket Elevator

What is Bucket Elevator?

Bucket elevator is the conveying machine which can realize continuous vertical lifting materials with a series of hopper. This equipment has advantages of large transportation amount, high lifting height, stable running, long service life, etc. Bucket elevator can be divided into the chain bucket elevator, plate chain elevator and belt elevator. These three models are supplied by FTM and the bucket elevator speed is adjustable to conveying capacity. Based on different lifting speed, bucket elevator is also laid in centrifugal discharge bucket elevator, gravity discharge type and hybrid discharge one.

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Applications of the Bucket Elevator

Bucket elevator is suitable for conveying powdery, granular and small size material like coal, cement, crushed stone, sand, clay, iron ore, grain, limestone, clinker, raw material and so on. Thanks to the chain towing structure, extreme-temperature material conveying is available.

How Bucket Elevator Works?

Bucket elevator is mainly composed of towing device, enclosure, driving wheels, feeding device and discharging device, etc.

When bucket elevators work, hoppers bail the material in the storehouse up to the top by the conveyor or chain. Then turn around the top wheel and the material is poured into the receiving slot. Belt elevator usually adopts rubber belt equipped on the conveying roller or on the bend roller. On the other side, the chain elevator usually equips two parallel conveying chains with a pair of conveying wheels or bend wheels on the top or underneath. Usually, bucket elevator is equipped with a cabinet to avoid the ashes blown about.

Structure and Advantages of FTM Bucket Elevator

• High lifting deficiency. Inflow feeding and induction discharging with intensive layout is adopted. Large volume hopper ensures less falling rate of materials but fewer driving power. There is a rare phenomenon of back feeding and dig material;
• Reliable and stable operation. Advanced designed structure and processing ensure a non-failure time of more than 20,000 hours;
• Wide application. Less special requirements for the material, which can lift the powdery, granular, patches and other materials; 
• Long service life. Reasonable design prevents materials from collision and extrusion which reduces the wear as well as increases the service life of the equipment;
• Other: well-sealed structure ensures less environmental pollution; large lifting capacity and high lifting.

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How to Choose a Suitable Bucket Elevator?

As commonly used lifting equipment, bucket elevator is of different models. Therefore, it couldn’t be more careful to choose a suitable one. The selection shall depend on the following factors.

>>The shape of the material. See if the materials are powder, particles or small pieces;

>>The physical properties of the material. Check the physical properties like absorbability, consistency and moisture;

>>Specific gravity of the material. Ordinary bucket elevator is designed for those materials of 1.6 specific gravity or below. If material of extreme specific gravity needs to be elevated, calculation of tractive force and the tensile strength of the conveying part shall be done.

>>Lifting capacity. Different lifting capacity depends on the type of hopper.

Generally, the selection of a bucket elevator can take these factors into consideration, the specific gravity of the material, means of the lifting, the physical properties of the material, means of discharging, shape of the hopper and the lifting capacity of the elevator.

Classic Case of Bucket Elevator in Powder Grinding Line

In Pakistan, Fote bucket elevator is equipped with HGM Ultrafine Grinder in the grinding line for milling limestone with the capacity of 30 TPH.

Bucket Elevator with Ultrafine Grinder in Pakistan

Fote Machinery has three series bucket elevators for sale, which has high quality, reliable performance and thoughtful after-sales service. In addition, the bucket elevator price of our company is reasonable in the same industry. Free consultation is offered here by skilled engineers.

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