Prime Precisions

One of the most efficient ways to elevate bulk materials vertically is with a bucket elevator. A Bucket Elevator consists of a series of buckets attached to a belt or chain with pulleys or sprockets located at the top and bottom of the unit. The buckets are located in a casing or housing to contain the material. Bulk materials are loaded into each bucket as the bucket moves past an inlet point. KWS designs and manufactures a wide variety of bucket elevators based on the characteristics of the bulk material and the process requirements.

PRIME designs and manufactures Bucket Elevators to meet the needs of many industries, such as Chemical, Minerals Processing, Food, Wood Products and Waste water Treatment.

Available Features / Options:

• Custom engineered for your specific application


• Wide range of construction materials- carbon steel, stainless steel and abrasion-resistant alloys


• Belt and chain type elevators available to meet your specific requirements


• Screw-type or internal gravity take-ups availa

• Designed to handle a wide variety of bulk materials- from average to very free-flowing


• Many different bucket and casing sizes available for capacities up to 15,000 cubic feet per hour


• Completely enclosed for dust and weather-tight operation


• Inlet section can be control fed or flood loaded with bulk materials

Deep Buckets connected to single strand Chain in vertical orientation driven by a Top Sprocket bigger than Sectioning Sprocket for Positive Discharge of materials from the Buckets.

Positive Discharge Elevators are similar to the centrifugal discharge type, except that buckets are snubbed back under head sprockets to gain a more complete discharge at a slower chain speed. The elevators usually handle light aerated, dusty and sticky materials that won’t discharge cleanly from a centrifugal discharge elevator. 

Specifications :  

• Applications:Vertical Elevating Silo Filling
• Effective Sizes:From 250mm to 900mm Wide
• Equipment Type:Bucket Elevator
• Industries Catered:Agriculture Processing Plastics Process Industry Any
• Materials Conveyed:Agriculture Produce Granules Powders Special Chemicals
• Method:Mechanised
• MOC Available:Buckets: S. S. 304, M.S.; Chain: Standard Structure: M.S. with Std Sections and frames