What is the difference between bucket elevator chain and belt?

Bucket elevator is a continuous conveying machine that vertically lifts materials by using a series of hoppers evenly fixed on the endless traction member. Bucket elevators are divided into chain bucket elevators and belt bucket elevators, and chain bucket elevators are divided into plate chain bucket elevators and ring chain bucket elevators.

Since the traction mechanism of the elevator is an endless chain, it is allowed to transport materials with high temperature (material temperature does not exceed 250 ℃). The general lifting height can reach 40 meters.

The traction components of the bucket elevator have chains and belts

The plate chain bucket elevator has a relatively firm structure and light weight. It is suitable for elevators with large lifting capacity, but the hinged joints are easy to be worn.

The structure of the belt bucket elevator is relatively simple, but it is not suitable for conveying abrasive materials. The material temperature of ordinary belts does not exceed 60°C. 120°C, the temperature of materials conveyed by ring chain and plate chain can reach 250°C.

Advantages of chain bucket elevator and belt bucket elevator

The belt type bucket elevator is a kind of ring chain bucket elevator, which is an upgraded product of the HL chain centrifugal bucket elevator. material. The traction part of the hoist is made of high quality alloy steel high round link chain. The middle casing is divided into single and double channels, and the internal weight box is constantly tensioned automatically. The sprocket adopts a replaceable rim combined structure. Long service life and easy replacement of the rim. The lower part adopts a gravity automatic tensioning device, which can maintain a constant tension and avoid slipping or detachment. At the same time, the hopper has a certain degree of tolerance when it encounters jamming caused by accidental factors, which can effectively protect the lower shaft and other components.

Chain bucket elevator is suitable for conveying powdery, granular and small non-abrasive materials, such as coal, cement, stone, sand, clay, ore, etc. Since the traction mechanism of the hoist is an endless chain, it is allowed to transport materials with high temperature. In order to adapt to the different picking and throwing characteristics of the conveyed materials, this chain bucket elevator is equipped with two types of hoppers, deep round bottom and shallow round bottom. The deep round bottom hopper is suitable for conveying dry, loose and easy-to-throw materials, such as cement, coal, dry sand and gravel, etc. The shallow round-bottomed hopper is suitable for conveying materials that are wet, easy to agglomerate and difficult to throw out, such as green sand, molding sand, etc.