elevator chain

This is a short article to introduce certain basic aspects of bucket elevator chains and bucket elevator conveying systems to nontechnical persons. It describes components of a system using roller chain & sprockets.
A Bucket Elevator is an economical and efficient inclined conveying program where buckets are installed on a circulating conveying system, to vertically convey a wide range of small to bulky materials to successive delivering systems. These elevators are available across the entire spectrum of industry.
A variety of mechanical drives can be utilized to power bucket elevators such as for example:
– Direct drive geared motor.
– Electric electric motor drive using V-belt & pulleys.
– Electric motor drive using 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 a number of buckets attached to a bucket elevator chain through brackets linked with a chain bolt in a loose fitting, with sprockets located in strategic factors and at the top and bottom level of the unit.