Essentially, a bucket elevator is like a conveyor belt with buckets attached. It can be used to move things vertically, but it can also be used for transport at an angle, or for horizontal transport, depending on the design. The buckets are designed to swivel so that they always stay upright, avoiding spillage, and their edges are scooped, so that they can pick up materials by being dragged through them. A bucket elevator can move materials like ore, fertilizer, and grain.
A bucket elevator consists of a series of buckets attached to a belt or chain with pulleys or sprockets located at the top and bottom of the unit. The buckets are located in a casing or housing to contain the material. Bulk materials are loaded into each bucket as the bucket moves past an inlet point. Hongxing Machinery designs and manufactures a wide variety of bucket elevators based on the characteristics of the bulk material and the process requirements.
Bucket elevators have proven themselves for vertical transport of many and diverse bulk materials for decades. As a market leader, Hongxing Machinery successfully established the belt bucket elevator technology in the market decades ago. Belt bucket elevators were consistently developed in the past and enable the highest possible conveying capacities with maximum centre distances today.
Technical parameters of ring chainbucket elevator
Specification | Max.lifting height (m) |
Conveying capacity (m³/h) |
Max.size (mm) |
Pitch of buckets (mm) |
Motor prower (kw) |
TH160 | 25 | 7-12 | 15-20 | 400 | 3-4 |
TH200 | 28 | 8-15 | 20-30 | 500 | 3-5.5 |
TH250 | 30 | 10-25 | 25-35 | 500 | 4-7.5 |
TH300 | 30 | 25-35 | 30-40 | 500 | 5.5-11 |
TH315 | 40 | 30-40 | 35-45 | 512 | 5.5-15 |
TH400 | 40 | 45-60 | 40-55 | 512 | 11-22 |
TH500 | 40 | 65-80 | 50-60 | 512 | 15-30 |
TH630 | 40 | 100-120 | 60-65 | 688 | 18.5-37 |
TH800 | 40 | 130-150 | 65-75 | 920 | 22-45 |
Technical parameters of wire belt bucket elevator
Specification | Max.lifting height (m) |
Conveying capacity (m³/h) |
Max.size (mm) |
Bucket Volume (L) |
Motor prower (kw) |
TDG160 | 80 | 34 | 0-20 | 2.6 | 2.2-11 |
TDG200 | 80 | 45 | 0-25 | 4.1 | 3-15 |
TDG250 | 80 | 71 | 0-30 | 6.5 | 5.5-22 |
TDG315 | 80 | 101 | 0-35 | 10 | 7.5-30 |
TDG400 | 80 | 158 | 0-40 | 16 | 15-45 |
TDG500 | 80 | 218 | 0-45 | 25 | 18.5-55 |
TDG630 | 80 | 345 | 0-50 | 40 | 30-90 |
TDG800 | 80 | 491 | 0-50 | 61 | 45-132 |
Plate chain bucket elevator
Specification |
Max.lifting height (m) |
Max.lifting capacity (m³/h) |
Percentageallowed (%) |
Pitch (mm) |
Motor power (kw) |
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10 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | |||||
Max.size(mm) | |||||||||
NE15 | 40 | 16 | 65 | 50 | 40 | 30 | 25 | 101.66 | 1.5-4 |
NE30 | 59 | 31 | 90 | 75 | 58 | 47 | 40 | 152.4 | 2.2-7.5 |
NE50 | 62 | 60 | 90 | 75 | 58 | 47 | 40 | 152.4 | 3-15 |
NE100 | 58 | 110 | 130 | 105 | 80 | 65 | 55 | 200 | 7.5-30 |
NE150 | 65 | 170 | 130 | 105 | 80 | 65 | 55 | 200 | 11-37 |
NE200 | 73 | 220 | 170 | 135 | 100 | 85 | 70 | 250 | 18.5-75 |
NE300 | 61 | 320 | 170 | 135 | 100 | 85 | 70 | 250 | 22-75 |
NE400 | 47 | 420 | 205 | 165 | 125 | 105 | 90 | 300 | 45-90 |
NE500 | 58 | 500 | 240 | 190 | 145 | 120 | 100 | 300 | 45-132 |