BUCKET ELEVATORS AND ACCESSORIES

Within our catalogue of equipment for the transport and handling of solids from SOTECMA are bucket elevators or also known as vertical elevators.

This equipment of great use in the primary and secondary industry, is designed in a standardized modular way for the vertical transport of solid bulks, both wet and dry, and is ideal especially when a conventional conveyor is not enough, there is a too steep slope or a great height.

The process or principle of operation of a bucket elevator, as for much of the transport equipment, is very simple.

1. First, the bulk cargo is placed in a hopper.

2. Subsequently, the buckets collect that bulk, either from the hopper or through the dredging process in a progressive way.

3. Subsequently, the buckets are raised by a conveyor belt, to which they are attached. This belt moves thanks to the reduction motor, transporting the buckets, as well as their bulk cargo to the top.

4. Once it reaches the highest point, the bucket itself unloads thanks to the centrifugal force generated by the belt.

SOTECMA has “heavy duty” bucket elevators, specially designed for lifting hard and abrasive minerals.

They have a low speed design. Manufactured from thick sheet steel, equipped with high-resistance belt, bearings and buckets, adapted to the high requirements of this type of product. Direct drive motor-reducer drive.

It also has registration and maintenance gates, rotation and deviation control, dust collection and a wide range of optional elements.

We have semi-heavy duty lifts, high temperature material transport and design according to the ATEX standard.

Its application is common in dry mortar manufacturing plants, dry mineral processing plants and special sands, concrete plants. Handling of plaster, lime, cement, etc. We can also supply accessories and spare parts for existing bucket elevators.