Sand Bucket Elevator

What is Sand Bucket Elevator?

Sand Bucket Elevator , as a vertical material conveying equipment, is currently used in a variety of bulk material processing scenarios. Its main function is to lift the material from a lower position and discharge it at the top. This type of equipment mainly includes belt elevators with conveyor belts as traction parts and chain elevators with chains as traction parts according to their structural characteristics and material adaptability. Sand Bucket Elevator has a wide range of material handling capabilities, ranging from several tons to hundreds of tons of bulk materials per hour.

What are the types of Sand Bucket Elevator?

Sand Bucket Elevator is mainly divided into belt bucket elevator and chain bucket elevator according to its traction components. These two types have their own characteristics and are also different in conveying distance and conveying capacity.

Belt bucket elevator uses rubber or steel cord belt as traction component, and the bucket is fixed to the belt by bolts.

Conveying distance (lifting height): Belt elevator can achieve a higher lifting height, generally 30 meters to 100 meters or even higher, but the specific lifting height will be limited by the strength of the belt and the nature of the material.

Conveying capacity: Belt bucket elevator is usually used in occasions with large conveying capacity, because the belt can achieve higher operating speed, thus bringing greater conveying capacity. The specific conveying capacity depends on the bucket capacity, operating speed and material density, which can reach hundreds or even thousands of tons per hour.

Chain bucket elevator uses single or double chain as traction component, and the bucket is connected to the chain by buckles or bolts.

Conveying distance (lifting height): Chain elevators can also achieve higher lifting heights, especially for working conditions that need to withstand greater loads and impacts, and the lifting height can reach tens to hundreds of meters.

Conveying capacity: Chain bucket elevators also have a large conveying capacity, especially suitable for conveying large and heavy materials. The conveying capacity also depends on the bucket capacity, operating speed and material density, and can reach hundreds of tons per hour.

Basic parameters of Sand Bucket Elevator

What are the advantages of Sand Bucket Elevator?

With its advantages in space utilization, material adaptability and operation stability, Sand Bucket Elevator has become a very practical and common equipment in the field of vertical transportation of bulk materials. It has the following significant advantages:

Vertical transportation capacity: Sand Bucket Elevator saves a lot of floor space and can lift materials vertically to a higher height. Realize continuous and stable material transportation to ensure smooth connection of production processes.

Excellent environment and material protection: The equipment adopts a fully enclosed design to effectively prevent dust flying and material spilling, improve the working environment and reduce material loss. At the same time, it can isolate external pollution to ensure the purity and quality of materials.

Strong material adaptability: Sand Bucket Elevator can transport a variety of granular, powdered and small block bulk materials, and optimize the transportation effect by selecting different types. Certain types (such as gravity type) have less damage to fragile materials and help maintain material integrity.

Easy to operate and maintain: The structure of the equipment is relatively simple, the operation reliability is high, and it can operate stably for a long time with proper maintenance. It is also easy to realize automatic control, reduce manual intervention, and reduce labor intensity.

What are the applications of Sand Bucket Elevator?

Sand Bucket Elevator, as a vertical conveying equipment, is used in a variety of material handling and process connection scenarios. Sand Bucket Elevator is mainly used in the following scenarios to realize vertical conveying and high-level unloading of bulk materials:

Feeding from low to high: When materials need to be lifted from the ground, underground silos or lower production equipment to higher storage facilities (such as silos, silos) or subsequent processing equipment (such as mixers, packaging machines), Sand Bucket Elevator is a tool to achieve this vertical transfer.

Material collection and centralized transportation: In some scenarios where materials need to be uniformly lifted after being collected from multiple low points, Sand Bucket Elevator can collect materials from different feed ports and lift them to the designated high-level unloading point.

In and out of buffer and storage systems: In the feeding or discharging links of large bulk material storage facilities (such as silos or large material piles), Sand Bucket Elevator is often used to lift materials to the top of the silo for feeding, or to take them out from the bottom and lift them again to the next conveying equipment.

Material transportation in a closed environment: For materials that need to control dust, avoid material contamination or prevent moisture from entering, the fully enclosed design of the Sand Bucket Elevator enables it to complete the vertical transportation task of materials in a controlled environment.

High space utilization requirements: When the site space is limited and large-scale horizontal transportation cannot be arranged, the Sand Bucket Elevator can use the vertical space to greatly save floor space and achieve a compact equipment layout.

Sand Bucket Elevator Cases

Cement and Building Materials Industry

Cement plants are one of the common applications of Sand Bucket Elevators. They are used to transport a variety of highly abrasive and high-temperature materials.

Raw Material Transportation: Cement production requires a large amount of raw materials, such as limestone, clay, iron ore, etc.

Clinker Transportation: Clinker is an intermediate product in cement production and needs to be lifted to the clinker storage after calcination.

Pulverized Coal Transportation: Pulverized coal is often used as fuel for cement kilns. Sand Bucket Elevator is responsible for lifting pulverized coal from the storage silo to the burner system to ensure a continuous supply of fuel.

Finished Product Transportation: The ground cement powder will be lifted to the cement silo by the Sand Bucket Elevator for subsequent packaging and transportation.

Mining and Mineral Processing

Sand Bucket Elevators in the mining industry are used to handle various ores, coals and tailings.

Ore Lifting: Ore mined from underground mines or open pits can be lifted to the surface crushing station or beneficiation plant by large chain bucket elevators.

Coal transportation: After the coal comes out of the washing plant, it needs to be lifted to the coal storage bin or loading point. Tailings treatment: Tailings generated during the beneficiation process sometimes need to be transported vertically by bucket elevators for storage or further processing.

Sand Bucket Elevator Manufacturers

Sand Bucket Elevator is a key equipment for vertical conveying of bulk materials. In terms of traction components, Sand Bucket Elevator can be divided into belt type and chain type. Belt type is usually used to convey light, small, and low-noise materials, and has the characteristics of smooth operation and relatively simple maintenance. Chain type is suitable for conveying heavy, large, high-temperature or abrasive materials, with strong load-bearing capacity and impact resistance. Sand Bucket Elevator manufacturers have strong customization capabilities to meet the specific needs of different industries. For special material characteristics or complex working conditions, manufacturers can provide non-standard design solutions, including adjustments to hopper shape, material, lining, traction component type and structural layout. In addition to common carbon steel, manufacturers can provide a variety of material options such as stainless steel, wear-resistant steel, special alloy steel, etc. to cope with challenges such as corrosion, high temperature or high wear. Customization also includes the addition of special functions such as explosion-proof, dust-proof, corrosion-resistant, heating and heat preservation, as well as the provision of a variety of feeding and discharging devices, maintenance platforms, safety protection and other accessories. Through precise selection and customized services, Sand Bucket Elevator can meet the complex and changeable material transportation needs in various industrial production.

The structure and component selection of the Sand Bucket Elevator should be configured according to the characteristics of the processed materials and specific working conditions. The Sand Bucket Elevator usually has a certain material adaptability and can complete its vertical transportation tasks in different scenarios. The selection of a suitable Sand Bucket Elevator usually needs to be determined based on the specific working parameters such as the properties of the material to be transported (such as particle size, bulk density, abrasiveness, moisture content, etc.), the required conveying volume, the lifting height, and the feeding and discharging methods. When communicating with the manufacturer, providing detailed material information and process requirements is the basis for obtaining a suitable equipment configuration.