elevator chain

This is a brief article to introduce certain basic aspects of bucket elevator chains and bucket elevator conveying systems to non-technical persons. It describes elements of something using roller chain & sprockets.
A Bucket Elevator can be an economical and efficient inclined conveying system where buckets are installed on a circulating conveying program, to vertically convey a wide selection of small to bulky materials to successive delivering systems. These elevators can be found across the entire spectrum of industry.
A range of mechanical drives can be used to power bucket elevators such as:
– Direct drive geared engine.
– Electric engine drive using V-belt & pulleys.
– Electric motor drive utilizing a roller chain & sprocket.
– Electric motor drive utilizing a combination of the 2nd & 3rd options.
– Geared engine with roller chain & sprockets.
Bucket Elevators often contain a number of buckets mounted on a bucket elevator chain by means of brackets linked with a chain bolt in a loose fitting, with sprockets located at strategic factors and at the very top and bottom level of the unit.