This is a short article to introduce certain basic areas of bucket elevator chains and bucket elevator conveying systems to nontechnical persons. It describes components of something using roller chain & sprockets.
A Bucket Elevator is an economical and efficient inclined conveying program where buckets are installed on a circulating conveying program, to vertically convey an array of small to bulky materials to successive delivering systems. These elevators can be found across the entire spectrum of industry.
A variety of mechanical drives can be used to power bucket elevators such as:
– Direct drive geared engine.
– Electric engine drive using V-belt & pulleys.
– Electric motor drive utilizing a roller chain & sprocket.
– Electric motor drive using a combination of the next & 3rd options.
– Geared motor with roller chain & sprockets.
Bucket Elevators often consist of several buckets attached to a bucket elevator chain by way of brackets linked with a chain bolt in a loose fitting, with sprockets located at strategic factors and at the very top and bottom of the unit.