Plastic Bucket Elevator

What is the Plastic Bucket Elevator?

Plastic Bucket Elevator is designed for industries that need to handle non-corrosive, lightweight and food-safe materials. Its core component, the plastic bucket, is made of food-grade polypropylene (PP) or polycarbonate (PC) material, which has the advantages of corrosion resistance, easy cleaning and light weight. Unlike traditional metal elevators, plastic elevators have excellent moisture-proof, chemical-proof and antibacterial properties, making them ideal for food processing, pharmaceutical, agricultural and chemical industries.

Its structure is similar to that of a traditional vertical bucket elevator, both of which use a bucket for material conveying, but the feeding and unloading methods are changed, and upper and lower horizontal sections (the shortest is 1.5 meters) of the conveying part are added for customer convenience. Horizontal distance conveying reduces the need for customers to purchase other horizontal conveyors again, and on the horizontal section, the plastic bucket elevator can achieve multi-point feeding and unloading, and the number and position of the unloading ports can be determined according to actual needs.

 

What are the applications of plastic bucket elevator?

Plastic bucket elevator is suitable for vertical conveying of various granular, powdered and small block materials, such as rice, wheat, corn, sugar, salt, milk powder, coffee beans, nuts, frozen vegetables, polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP) granules, resins, pigments, additives, powders, granules, capsules, feed, seeds, fertilizers, etc. It is especially suitable for application scenarios with high requirements on material integrity and hygiene, such as food processing and pharmaceutical production.

 

What are the advantages of plastic bucket elevator?

Hygiene and safety: Food-grade plastic hoppers are used, which comply with international hygiene standards such as FDA to ensure the safety of materials during transportation.

Lightweight and high-strength: Plastic material reduces the overall weight of the equipment, reduces energy consumption, and extends service life.

Strong corrosion resistance: Suitable for conveying corrosive materials such as fertilizers and salts, reducing maintenance costs.

Low operating noise: Plastic hoppers make little noise during operation, improving the working environment.

Plastic Bucket Elevator Parameters

Model	ZD-160	ZD-250	ZD-330	ZD-400	ZD-500	ZD-530	ZD-650	ZD-800
Capacity(m3/h)	2.9-4.8	4.6-15.7	6.0-10.0	15.2-25.2	25.4-42.3	20-33.4	32.9-54.9	40.6-67.6

What are the structures of Plastic Bucket Elevator?

Plastic bucket elevator is mainly composed of casing, conveyor chain, hopper, driving wheel, redirecting wheel, tensioning device, guiding device, feeding port, discharging port and so on.

Different materials and configurations can be selected according to the lifting materials and user requirements.

1. Shell: semi-enclosed / dustproof / stainless steel or carbon steel sprayed shell.

2. Bucket material: food ABS or PP plastic bucket.

3. Hopper capacity: 1.8L, 2.4L, 3.6L, 6L, 10L.

4. Drive device: explosion-proof geared motor/ordinary geared motor.

5. Sprocket: alloy steel sprocket/stainless steel sprocket.

6. Chain: alloy steel chain/stainless steel chain.

7. Control device: manual start and stop/automatic start and stop, frequency conversion control.

8. Feeding method of lifting conveyor: common hopper feeding/electromagnetic vibrating feeder.

9. Transmission voltage: 220V, 380V (single-phase or three-phase).

10. Bucket elevator type: Z type, C type, single or multiple feed ports, single or multiple discharge ports.

Plastic Bucket Elevator Customer Case

Food Processing Plant (Netherlands) – Installed TD250 Plastic Bucket Elevator for flour transport, reducing contamination risk by 40%.

Chemical Factory (Germany) – Upgraded to TD400 model for handling corrosive powders, extending equipment lifespan by 5+ years.