Bucket Elevator Maintenance Notes

1.During operation, all doors must be fully closed; there must be appropriate lighting facility in the place of the lower and upper section inspection doors which open frequently ,if there is failure during operation, please stop the bucket elevator at once and eliminate the failure, if there are any defects are not suitable to eliminate immediately, the impact to the work is nor too much, please keep it in the maintenance record and eliminate the failure when troubleshooting, the supervisor should always check the working condition of each part, but when the machine is running ,all cleaning and repairing work is not allowed.

2.The bucket elevator should be started up without load, and stop the machine before all materials inside the buckets are all discharged. 
3.The tension device of lower bucket elevator section should be appropriately adjusted, keeping the belt with normal working tension, the supervisor should always observe the working situation of bucket and belt, damaged buckets should be removed.

 

4.The bucket elevator can not reverse, if reverses, the chain will run off track, and it is very troublesome to eliminate this problems.
5.Even feeding, increasing the feeding rate suddenly is not allowed .The feeding rate can not exceed the transmission capacity of bucket elevator, otherwise it will be easy to cause material accumulation at the bottom.
6.Add lubricating oil appropriately in time.
7.Replace the chain and bucket which are badly worn or damaged timely.