Bucket Elevator Engineering Guide
One of the most efficient ways to elevate bulk materials vertically is with a bucket elevator. 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.
Bucket Elevator Engineering Guide – Index
- Applications and Materials
- KWS Design Standards
- KWS Dimensional Standards
- Horsepower Calculation
- Capacity Tables
Features & Benefits
Bulk materials are loaded into each bucket as the bucket moves past an inlet point. KWS designs and manufactures a wide variety of bucket elevators based on the characteristics of the bulk material and the process requirements.
Advantages of Using Bucket Elevators
- Designed to handle a wide variety of bulk materials
– from average to very free-flowing - Many different bucket and casing sizes available for capacities up to 15,000 cubic feet per hour
- Completely enclosed for dust and weather-tight operation
- Inlet section can be control fed or flood loaded with bulk materials
KWS designs and manufactures Bucket Elevators to meet the needs of many industries, such as Chemical, Minerals Processing, Food, Wood Products and Wastewater Treatment.
