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Link-Belt™ Bucket Elevator
Standardization...the key to
economical design.
For most bulk material elevating jobs For most applications, chain is The superior performance delivered
. . . there's a Link-Belt Bucket recommended, however, belting is by the Link-Belt Bucket Elevator is
Elevator that will handle them used when handling materials that the result of quality components,
efficiently and economically. With must not be contaminated or for and each component described in
over 100 years of proven experience materials that are extremely abrasive this catalog has been developed as
as a pioneer and leading producer of and corrosive. an integral part of a carefully
bucket elevators, FMC Technologies As an alternate to the standard engineered elevator design. FMC
offers a standardized line of Link- Type 1 centrifugal discharge Technologies maintains a large
Belt™ elevators proven in thousands design, Type 2 design is inventory of bucket elevator
of installations. available. The head shaft is components to meet your
adjustable and the boot shaft replacement needs.
Standardization is a standout feature
fixed to maintain the relationship
of Link-Belt Bucket Elevators. Link- Let our FMC Technologies
of buckets to the inlet spout and
Belt Type 1 and Type 7 Bucket Regional Field Specialist help
curved bottom plate. Type 2
Elevator designs are standardized so you with your selection of the
bucket elevators are
you benefit from the economics of proper Link-Belt ™ Bucket Elevator
recommended when handling
many stocked components. for your existing or proposed bulk
food products; for materials that
Manufacturing methods are material handling installation.
tend to pack or build-up, or when
standardized through exacting handling materials having a
production and fabrication to assure CAUTION: Link-Belt Bucket Elevators
large percentage of lumps. must be installed, operated and
compatibility of components.
Engineering and order processing The Continuous Discharge Design maintained in accordance with
procedures have also been has buckets mounted continuously accompanying FMC Technologies
standardized so that the selected that travel at a much slower speed. Service Instructions. Failure to follow
elevator will accommodate your The continuous discharge design these instructions can result in serious
needs with a minimum of time and elevator handles a variety of personal injury, property damage or both.
correspondence. materials from fines to large lumps. Service Instructions accompany the
Materials that are difficult to pick in shipment of equipment. It additional
Balanced design of components, the casing boot section or friable are copies of Service Instructions are
manufacturing craftsmanship, and normally handled in this type required, they are available free of charge
the quality found in all Link-Belt elevator. The buckets are fed directly from FMC Technologies, Material
products, have all helped the Link- from a loading leg or chute and are Handling Solutions, Box 1370, Tupelo,
Belt Bucket Elevator achieve emptied by gravity at the discharge Mississippi 38802.
universal acceptance. point.
Two basic designs of bucket Type 7-This elevator is the most
elevators are available, and selection frequently used of the continuous
depends primarily on the material to discharge design. The head shafts
be handled. are fixed, with foot shaft takeups
The Centrifugal Discharge design being internal gravity type. Buckets
has spaced buckets that travel at a are steel and spaced continuously
relatively high speed. It is a medium on a strand of chain.
capacity unit, capable of handling As an alternate to the standard
materials with small-to-medium size Type 7 continuous discharge
lumps. The buckets dig the material design, the Type 8 design is
from the casing boot section and available. The head shaft is
discharge it by centrifugal force. adjustable and the foot shaft is
fixed. Type 8 elevators are used
Type 1- Elevators of this type meet for the handling of fine or
the service requirements of the crushed materials with lumps
majority of installations using 1
not exceeding /2 inch. With the
centrifugal discharge elevators. The addition of a loading leg and a
head shafts are fixed, with the foot correspondingly higher inlet
shaft takeup being internal gravity spout, this type elevator can
type. Buckets are designed for use also be used for handling lumps
on either chain or belt. 1
up to 4 /2 ".
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Typical bulk materials
handled by Bucket Elevators
Table 1
▲ Chain recommended for all elevators except those marked ■, where belts
are recommended. To avoid damage to belt, provide foot shafts with welded
steel wing pulleys where there is a tendency for material to pack between belt and pulley.
▲ Weight of material loose or slightly agitated. This weight is generally less
than that of settled or packed material, as in bins or containers.
■ Select an elevator having twice the capacity required.
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Link-Belt™ Bucket Elevators
Type 1-Chain or Belt
A centrifugal discharge bucket • Hood section is removable in two • The rigid, strong, jig-built casings
elevator-rugged construction with sections, and the use of waste pack are fabricated from steel plate for
quality components-industry's leader seals provide added protection for years of rugged operation.
in the handling of free-flowing, fine the head shaft. • Continuously welded casings are
and loose material with small to •Standard drive is a shaft mounted also available.
medium size lumps. speed reducer with a built-in
backstop. Other drives are available.
Bucket spacing and speed is
important for centrifugal discharge
bucket elevators. The Link-Belt™
Type 1 Bucket Elevator can be relied Type 1
upon to elevate and discharge Bucket Elevator
materials at rated capacities.
In selection of quality components,
FMC Technologies engineers have,
based upon laboratory tests, taken
into consideration the critical speed
of operation that exists with bucket
elevators. The critical speed of
operation is the speed at which the
actual capacity of the elevator drops
below the theoretical capacity, and
exists when the centrifugal force at
the mass center of the material in
the bucket is equal to the
gravitational force on the material. All
Link-Belt™ centrifugal type discharge
bucket elevators operate below the
critical speed.
Years of dependable, service-proven
performance with built-in quality
design features-your assurance of Elevator using chain
maximum efficiency:
• Properly spaced buckets, mounted
on durable, strong chain or tough
wear resistant belt, to provide the
most efficient operation per dollar
invested. Belt elevators with Link-
Belt™ wing-type pulleys are
recommended when handling bulk
materials with abrasive
characteristics, moderate
temperatures or excessive moisture
content.
• Fixed head shaft with an internal
gravity actuated takeup in the boot.
Bearings on the takeup frame are
hard iron, with the takeup shaft
having induction hardened journals.
• Boot section is totally enclosed with
large inspection doors to facilitate Elevator using belt
bearing replacement or the removal
of the entire takeup frame.
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Bucket Elevator selection/specifications
Type 1-Chain
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Bucket Elevator selection/specifications
Type 1-Belt
▲ Bucket Elevator assemblies include head shaft machinery with either ball or roller bearing pillow blocks, chain, buckets, casing, Style 1 or Style 2 discharge spout, stub inlet and gravity takeup with
hard iron bearings, (internal gravity takeup is available with cement mill type sleeves and bearings when handling highly abrasive materials). Drives with backstops, service platforms and ladders with
safety cages can be furnished.
■ Style AA buckets.
▲ Based upon buckets filled to 75/% of theoretical capacity.
❍ Based upon buckets filled to 100% of theoretical capacity. If exact material weight is not shown, select drive and head shaft using the next heavier material weight.
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Type 1-Chain or Belt
❍ For 10 and 12 gauge discharge spout. Deduct 1/8" for 7 gauge discharge spout.
▲ Minimum dimension for efficient loading.
★ Deduct 2" for Type 1 Belt # 145, #147 and #149.
■ Dimensions should not be used for Type 2 Elevators. Consult FMC for dimensional data.
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Link-Belt™ Bucket Elevator
Type 7-Chain
High-capacity continuous discharge Type 7
bucket elevator . . . with overlapping Bucket Elevator
arrangement of buckets to handle a
variety of materials from fines to
large lumps. The Type 7 bucket
elevator is the most frequently used
of the continuous discharge styles,
with material loaded directly into the
bucket through a loading leg, that
confines the feed and prevents
spillage into the boot.
The continuous discharge bucket
elevator travels at a much slower
speed than its counterpart, the
centrifugal discharge bucket
elevator. Standard operating speed
is 125 fpm. When handling light or
fluffy-type material, operating
speeds of 160-175 fpm are
common. When bulk material is
abrasive, operating speeds are
normally reduced for longer
component life.
Years of dependable, service-
proven performance with built-in
quality design features, your
assurance of maximum efficiency:
• Fixed head shafts.
• Internal gravity operated takeups.
• Continuously spaced steel buckets
on a single strand of chain.
• Boot section Is totally enclosed
with large inspection doors to
facilitate bearing replacement of
the removal of the entire takeup
frame.
• Hood section is removable in two
sections, and the use of waste
pack seals provide added pro-
tection for the head shaft.
• Standard drive is a shaft mounted
speed reducer with a built-in
backstop. Other drives are
available.
• The rigid, strong jig-built casings
are fabricated from steel plate for
many years of rugged operation.
Weather tight casings are also
available.
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Bucket Elevator selection/specifications
Type 7-Chain
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Type 7-Chain
❍ For 10 and 12 gauge discharge spout. Deduct 1/8" for 7 gauge discharge spout.
▲ Minimum dimension for efficient loading.
■ Dimensions should not be used for Type 8 Elevators. Consult FMC for dimensional data.
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Service Platforms
Standard service platforms with best accommodate the bucket In accordance with OSHA
ladders and safety cages are elevator installation. Service requirements, when ladders with
available for all Link-Belt Bucket platforms, supported-by the cages exceed 30 feet in height,
Elevators. Platforms provide ready elevator casing, extend around intermediate landing platforms
access to drives and head terminals three sides of the elevator. shall be provided for each 30 feet
for inspection and lubrication. of height or fraction thereof.
Safety cages are recommended for
Each platform is manufactured to all ladders.
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Link-Belt™ Standard Components...
developed as integral parts of rugged
and dependable Bucket Elevators
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Bucket Elevators...
a range of models suitable
for many requirements.
Bucket
Elevator Material Applications
Type 6 Light, fluffy or fragile. Material with tendency to adhere
to the buckets. Low bucket speed.
Type 10 Friable, heavy or abrasive-fines to large lumps. Super
capacity.
Type 11 Friable, heavy or abrasive-fines to large lumps.
Greater centers than Type 10.
Type 12 Free-flowing nonabrasive- slow speed. Gentle
handling.
Type 13 Free-flowing nonabrasive- higher speed and capacity
than Type 12. Gentle handling.
Type 14 Abrasive - cement, shale, bauxite, gypsum etc. . . .
Type 15 Abrasive- feldspar, gravel, sand, clinker etc. . . . greater
capacity than Type 14.
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Link-Belt™ Elevator Buckets
For Centrifugal Discharge and
Continuous Bucket Elevators.
Link-Belt™ Elevator Buckets are a pearlitic granular, freeflowing materials
designed in a variety of types and malleable with higher tensile and which can be readily scooped up
sizes to efficiently handle bulk fatigue strength and yield point and discharged easily by
materials in centrifugal discharge than ductile iron. Promal also has a centrifugal action as the buckets
and continuous bucket elevators. greater resistance to abrasive pass over the elevator head wheel.
Buckets are either constructed of wear. Ductile iron elevator buckets
formed steel, cast, or molded with with Flint-Lip provide increased When higher capacities at lower
nylon or polyethelene. Cast wear life when handling abrasive speeds are desired, or when the
buckets are available in ductile materials. Elevator buckets can material being handled is friable
iron, Promal, or ductile iron with also be furnished in mild steel, and fragile, Continuous Elevator
Flint-Lip hardened digging lips. abrasion-resistant steel, stainless Buckets are used. Material is fed
steel and aluminum. directly into the bucket and is
Ductile iron is the most commonly discharged over the elevator head
used material in cast buckets Type AA and MF can be supplied in wheel onto the preceding bucket
because of its ability to withstand either nylon or polyethelene. which acts as a chute, providing a
the effects of abrasion and Centrifugal Discharge Elevator clean, gentle discharge.
stresses during digging. Promal is Buckets are used for handling
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Link-Belt™Elevator Buckets
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Link-Belt™ Elevator Buckets
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Link-Belt™ Elevator Buckets
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Link-Belt™ Elevator Buckets
Type MF Continuous Elevator Buckets are made of welded
steel for mounting on chains or belts. They have medium
fronts and are used for handling a variety of materials. The
smooth interior provides a quick, clean discharge of material.
Buckets are of formed and welded steel construction. The
front plates are either intermittent or continuous welded to the
back and side plates, depending on the fineness of the
material being handled.
Elevator Bolts
Elevator Bolts are made to ANSI specifications and are held
to exacting tolerances. We offer our SABRE-TOOTH HEAD®
in carbon steel only.
Elevator bolts are “Low Shoulder” design to accommodate
requirements for use on today's ultra-thin belting.
Plain finish and zinc plated carbon steel in stock.
RELIENCE
#3, Carbon Steel
STANDARD SABRE-TOOTH®
#1 Norway Carbon Steel #1 Norway W/Toothed head
and Stainless Steel Carbon Steel
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Bucket Punching for Chains
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Bucket Punching for Chains
Centrifugal Discharge Elevator Buckets on K Attachments (continued)
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Bucket Punching for Chains
CAUTION: Link-Belt™ Elevator Buckets must be Service Instructions accompany the shipment of
installed, operated and maintained in accordance equipment. If additional copies of Service Instructions
with accompanying FMC Technologies Service are required, they are available free of charge from FMC
Instructions. Failure to follow these instructions Technologies, Material Handling Solutions, Box 1370,
can result in serious personal injury, property Tupelo, MS 38801.
damage or both.
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Bucket Punching for Chains
Super Compacity
Contiuous Elevator Buckets on G Attachments
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Bucket Punching for Chains
Types AA and SC
Centrifugal Discharge Elevator Buckets on
A and B Wing Attachments
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Bucket Punching for Belts
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