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YURA S. A.
SPECIFICATION No.
Approved:
REVISION 0
FEBRERO 2010
CHAIN ND BELT BUCKET ELEVATORS
Bucket Elevators are used when plant structures or equipment are located
too close to allow an inclined conveyor to be used to elevate material from
its point of origin to its destination.
A. Application
1. Bucket Elevators can handle essentially any dry material, but have
restrictions in regard to lump size and damp material stickiness.
B. Design
3. Use the lower material density when selecting the equipment size.
For cement with 4000 Blaine and greater, use cement density of 0.60
tons/m3 (37.5 lbs/ft3). As a reference, for other materials densities,
see Table “Materials typical characteristics”.
4. Use the higher material density and buckets at 100% full of material
when calculating the brake horsepower (BHP).
C. Buckets
2. If it is required that the lead edge of the bucket be heat treated, the
supplier will indicate so in the data sheet.
D. Pulleys.
1. All pulleys of the elevator must be machined on the face, if these are
made from a seamed pipe.
2. The crown of the pulleys must be conical and may vary from 1/16" to
1/8" per foot of length of the face.
4. All the pulleys of the elevator must have rigid type hubs. Unless
another type of fastening is indicated.
5. All pulleys and shafts of the elevator, once assembled must be statically
balanced.
E. Sprockets.
4. All the sprockets of the elevators and shafts, once assembled, must
be strictly balanced and the teeth must be heat treated, indicating
clearly the type of treatment done and the hardness at each 1/16" of
depth.
F. SHAFTS
4. All drive hubs shall be keyed with keys and keyways conforming to
latest ASTM Standards.
1. Hinged access doors shall be specified for both sides of the elevator.
One set of these doors shall be in the boot section for access to the tail
shaft assembly. The second set shall be in an intermediate level for
pinning elevator belt and for raising the tail pulley assembly.
2. The doors or registers for inspection in the boot must be of the hinged
type with quick lock and a seal to prevent spill of material, as well as in
the body and header of the elevator.
4. Three inspection doors will be specified; one for viewing the head pulley
or sprocket area, one for viewing the bucket discharge and elevator
outlet lip, and one for viewing the inlet feeding into the buckets.
5. A trolley hoist beam shall be provided above the head section for
removal of the head casing, lifting of the head shaft, the head belt or
sprocket, and the elevator belt or sprocket in operating position. The
trolley hoist beam shall not be type to handle the lifting forces to remove
a fallen and jammed elevator belt. It is assumed that the lifting forces,
required for breaking loose a jammed belt, will be provided from the
upper casing itself or from a structural framing member provided for that
purpose above the elevator. Beam should be able to take full load of
elevator.
H. Backstops
I. Inching Drives
J. Couplings
1. Design
K. Elevator belt.
1. The width of the belt will be such that the buckets may be fixed to it
adequately, and must be at least 25.4 mm (1") wider that the length
of bucket selected.
2. The belts will be of the flat type covered with rubber of 0.993 Kg. (35
ounces) minimum unless the supplier recommends another type.
L. Elevator Chains
1. The equipment must have a central chain or two chains at the sides of
the buckets, as required.
b. The chain speed will be that appropriate for the material being
handled and the capacity indicated in the data sheet.
M. V-Belts
1. Design
1. All bearings shall be heavy duty with series per AFMBA standards. Use
fully self-aligning cast iron split pillow blocks.
3. Use one fixed and one floating pillow block assembly. Provide end
closing seals where shafts terminate at the bearings, and with triple
labyrinth seal.
A. Motors
1. Design
B. Speed Reducers
1. Design
EQUIPMENT
Design factor as a function of the operation of the equipment, for 24 hrs/day and load classification (AGMA) class II,
TECHNICAL QUESTIONNAIRE FOR BELT BUCKET ELEVATORS
PLANT: ___________________________________________
The following questionnaire must be answered and returned together with the bid.
03 Selected elevator
.01 Type
.02 Model
.07 C. to C. distance(height) mm
04 Header section
05 Boot section
06 Belt
.03 Thickness mm
.04 Width mm
.07 Make
07 Buckets
.01 Dimensions mm
.03 Material
.04 Spacing mm
08 Transmission
.03 Model
.04 Size
.05 Capacity
09 Motor
.01 Power
.02 S.F.
.03 Speed
.04 Frame
.05 Voltage
.06 Amperage
.07 Frequency
10 Safety devices
.01 Make
.02 Type
.03 Amount
11 Control devices
.01 Make
.02 Type
.03 Model
.04 Amount
12 Creep mechanism
.04 Motor
Power
RPM