Grain Bucket Elevators
A bucket elevator or grain elevator is a special mechanized device used to move bulk materials in a vertical position. This is the key difference from other types of industrial transport equipment.
Where Are They Used?
Grain elevators are widely used in the agricultural industry as a mechanism for moving finished bulk materials and semi-finished products. They are also actively used in construction and other production and warehouse processes.
Buying a grain elevator and using it successfully is advantageous for those industrial technological chains that require vertical movement of components:
- in chemical production;
- in the flour milling industry;
- in the feed production industry;
- in brewing and other sectors.
Grain elevators are used in drying, cleaning, and universal grain towers where grains are stored. They are also used in other technologies that require the continuous circulation of bulk materials or movement in a specific direction.
Grain Elevators: Equipment Features
Among the important differences of grain elevators is the ability to operate continuously for a long period. These devices are also highly productive. The performance of different types of grain elevators ranges from 1 to 500 tons per hour for lifting cargo to the nominal height.
Other notable qualities include their use as transport mechanisms with special features:
- compact and high-speed;
- with high resource consumption efficiency;
- ensuring specified parameters for transporting bulk cargo.
Main Types
Grain elevators and other types of bucket elevators differ in technical characteristics:
- use of different movement methods – belt or chain;
- speed of section movement;
- ability to change the method of holding the load.
The units can optionally be equipped with various devices – speed control sensors, temperature sensors for rotating elements, and monitoring devices for belt misalignment. When these are triggered, the control panel receives the appropriate signal.
There are also standard and low-speed bucket elevators. Low-speed versions are installed in complexes where noise standards are important, especially in industries with a high concentration of various types of industrial transport equipment.
Advantages
A bucket elevator is essential equipment for mills, elevators, drying-cleaning grain silos, as well as in feed and grain processing enterprises where there is a constant need for moving grain, processed products, transporting seeds of other crops, and bulk materials.
Grain elevators are optimal in terms of price and reliability. The economical yet powerful electric drive allows lifting loads up to 50 meters, which guarantees quick and quality drying, minimizing losses of agricultural products.
The bucket grain elevator of type NS has a productivity of 1-500 tons per hour, ensuring high efficiency for industrial operations.
Such equipment is highly profitable, easy to operate, maintain, and service, and can be easily integrated into various technological systems.
Where to Buy a Grain Elevator in Ukraine?
Our company, the “Vityaz” plant, offers bucket elevators. As a manufacturer, we have extensive experience in designing the most complex vertical industrial transport structures. Thanks to our professional design office and technological production, we manufacture high-quality products at optimal prices. Each design of a grain elevator guarantees safe operation, long-term use, and minimal labor costs for maintenance. Designed for operation in various weather conditions, the units will always accomplish the set task.