Bucket Elevators Combine Vertical and Horizontal Transportation of Bulk Materials

bucket elevators have many outstanding features:

• Standardization of designs that are dependable and versatile.
• Continuous or centrifugal type discharge.
• Rigid, strong, jig-built casings in perfect alignment and weather-tight.
• Two-piece hood permitting access to head section interior without disturbing machinery. Spring clamps facilitate removal and replacement.
• Inspection hatch that can be easily lifted to view terminal machinery.
• Optional shaft mounted speed reducer drive- compact and easy to install.
• Large, latch-type doors located on front, back and sides of boot section to facilitate inspection, service, and cleanout.
• The head shaft is mounted in antifriction ball or roller bearing pillow blocks.
• Superior components: chains, sprockets, pulleys, belts, buckets, bearings, takeups, and drives.

Typical bulk handling applications include:

• Delivery of dry citrus pellets to railroad hopper cars.
• Elevating soda ash, fertilizer, or limestone to silo storage.
• Depositing food products into weigh hoppers.
• Lifting coal from track hoppers to storage silos.
• Elevate aggregate materials for ready-mix concrete plants.

bucket elevators handle many different types of materials including:

• Metallic and non-metallic ores
  • Bauxite
  • Coal
• Rock products
  • Sand
  • Gravel
  • Cement
  • Gypsum
  • Limestone
• Food products
  • Sugar
  • Flour
  • Coffee
  • Salt
• Chemical processing products
  • Fertilizers
  • Phosphates
  • Agricultural lime
  • Soda ash
• Pulp and paper products
  • Wood chips