Bucket Conveyor System

Description

Material handling equipment is mechanical equipment used for the movement, storage, control, and protection of materials, goods, and products throughout the process of manufacturing, distribution, consumption, and disposal. The different types of material handling equipment can be classified into four major categories: transport equipment, positioning equipment, unit load formation equipment, and storage equipment.

Conveyors are used when the material is to be moved frequently between specific points over a fixed path and when there is a sufficient flow volume to justify the fixed conveyor investment. Different types of conveyors can be characterized by the type of product being handled: unit load or bulk load; the conveyor’s location: in-floor, on-floor, or overhead, and whether or not loads can accumulate on the conveyor.

A conveyor belt is the carrying medium of a belt conveyor system (often shortened to a belt conveyor). A belt conveyor system is one of many types of conveyor systems. A belt conveyor system consists of two or more pulleys (sometimes referred to as drums), with an endless loop of carrying medium—the conveyor belt—that rotates about them. One or both of the pulleys are powered, moving the belt and the material on the belt forward.

A bucket elevator is a mechanism for hauling flow-able bulk materials vertically.

It consists of:

• Buckets to contain the material
• A belt to carry the buckets and transmit the pull
• Means to drive the belt
• Accessories for loading the buckets or picking up the material, for receiving the discharged material, for maintaining the belt tension, and for enclosing and protecting the elevator.