The Bucket Elevator is a highly efficient, energy-saving, and durable vertical conveying equipment. It utilizes a chain or belt-driven structure combined with evenly spaced buckets. It is widely used for lifting non-metallic minerals (such as limestone, sand, and gypsum), metal ores (such as iron ore, copper ore, and lead-zinc ore), and bulk raw materials (such as coal, grain, and fertilizer).
Compared to traditional screw conveyors, the Bucket Elevator offers advantages such as a larger lifting height, higher conveying capacity, and a smaller horizontal footprint. It has become mainstream equipment in the modern material handling industry.
In industries such as mining processing, agricultural production, and building materials manufacturing, the Bucket Elevator, due to its high efficiency, stability, and adaptability, has become a core piece of vertical material transport equipment. However, many remain skeptical about its scope of application: What materials can the Bucket Elevator lift? How can one choose the optimal conveying solution for different materials?
Using chain/belt transmission and bucket lifting technology, the Bucket Elevator is a leading equipment for vertical material conveying (height 4-30 meters). Its unique advantages over traditional screw conveyors and pneumatic conveyors include:
• Strong Material Adaptability: It can lift a wide range of materials with a bulk density of 0.5-2.5 t/m³, including metal ores, non-metallic minerals, and bulk raw materials.
• Adjustable Capacity: The conveying capacity ranges from 5 to 500 t/h, meeting the needs of various production scales.
• Space Saving: Compared with traditional screw conveyors, it reduces horizontal space occupation by 60%-80% and has a more compact layout.
• Stability and Durability: Its reinforced bucket and high-strength chain/belt design reduce material spillage and extend service life.
The core structure of the Bucket Elevator can be divided into four major modules: the driving system, the bucket system, the tensioning system, and the casing system. These systems work together to ensure an efficient and stable vertical conveying process.
• Driving System: A gear motor with adjustable speed, ensuring stable operation, with key components boasting a service life of over 15,000 hours.
• Bucket System: A high-strength plastic or steel bucket design, which can effectively lift materials with a spillage rate of less than 1%.
• Tensioning System: A spring or weight tensioning device, which maintains proper chain/belt tension and reduces vibration noise below 80 dB.
• Casing System: A sealed steel plate structure, which prevents dust leakage with a tightness rate of up to 99%.
• Iron Ore, Manganese Ore, and Copper Ore: Lift at 20-100 t/h for use in crushing, grinding, or smelting processes.
• Gold Ore, Lead-Zinc Ore: Convey at 10-50 t/h to ensure consistent feeding in leaching or beneficiation systems.
• Rare Earth Ore: Transport at 5-30 t/h to match the requirements of extraction and separation procedures.
• Limestone and Calcite: Lift at 30-200 t/h for processing in cement production or powder grinding lines.
• Barite and Fluorite: Convey at 15-80 t/h to meet the needs of ore dressing or filler manufacturing.
• Kaolin and Bentonite: Transport at 8-50 t/h for use in ceramic production or chemical modification.
• Gypsum and Talc: Building Grade (25-150 t/h) or Pharmaceutical Grade (5-30 t/h) conveying to suit different processing standards.
*The output will vary according to different materials, feed particle size and other factors
Model | T160 | T250 | T315 | T400 | T500 |
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Bucket Width(mm) | 160 | 250 | 315 | 400 | 500 |
Bucket Distance(mm) | 300 | 420 | 500 | 560 | 625 |
Speed(m/s) | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
Max Granule size(mm) | 25 | 35 | 45 | 55 | 60 |
Height(m) | H+0.9 | H+1.2 | H+1.2 | H+1.5 | H+1.5 |
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