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Rexnord® High Performance Bucket Elevator Catalog

Rexnord® High Performance Bucket Elevator Catalog
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Rexnord® High Performance Bucket Elevator Catalog

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Overview
Rexnord High Performance Bucket Elevators are engineered for critical applications across various industries such as cement, lime, fertilizer, and more. Rexnord ensures single-source control by manufacturing all critical components, providing comprehensive service support.

Types of Bucket Elevators
Rexnord offers chain and belt bucket elevators. Chain elevators are known for their predictable lifespan, while belt elevators can handle lifts over 100 meters and capacities exceeding 1,000 metric tons per hour.

Innovations and Improvements
Rexnord has pioneered innovations like the first bucket elevators with a single strand of high-quality steel chain. The Engineered Class 900 Series Chains offer a 30% improvement in fatigue strength.

Design and Features
Features include steel split upper head sections for maintenance, segmental rim traction wheels for durability, and a maintenance-free belt splice. Safety and performance are enhanced with motion and level sensors.

Service and Support
Rexnord provides extensive service and support, including on-site inspections and maintenance seminars. They maintain a stock of replacement components and offer expertise in retrofitting systems.

Technical Advancements
Rexnord's technical services center focuses on product development and testing, using techniques like deep carburizing and induction heat treatment to enhance product performance.

Conclusion
Rexnord bucket elevators are designed for high performance and reliability, with a strong emphasis on innovation and customer support.

Overview of Rexnord Belt Bucket Elevators
These elevators integrate advanced technology for handling materials like alumina and wood chips, achieving lifts over 100 meters.

Benefits
- High conveying capacities at speeds up to 115 meters per minute.
- Capable of higher lifts than chain elevators.
- Superior bucket fastening and various belt material options.
- Patented belt splice for easy installation.
- Enhanced traction and wear life with metal lagging on head pulley.

Features
- Easy maintenance access with steel split upper head section.
- Self-supporting intermediate casing sections.
- Patented fatigue-resistant steel elevator buckets.
- Counterweighted external gravity take-up for belt tension.
- Multiple access doors for inspection and maintenance.
- Motion and level sensors for operational alerts.

Components
- Buckets available in various materials.
- Bearings with spherical roller bearing pillow blocks.
- Easy assembly with Rexnord Omega elastomer couplings.
- Low maintenance Falk gear drives.

Optional Accessories
- Maintenance access with head platforms and ladders.
- Efficient chain assembly with Linkmaster tool.
- Inching drive for maintenance inspections.

Customer Service
Rexnord is dedicated to reducing maintenance costs and preventing downtime, offering a comprehensive portfolio of components globally.

Contact Information
Rexnord provides worldwide customer service with contact details for regions including Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Europe, Latin America, Mexico, Singapore, and the United States.
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Rexnord > Bucket Elevators Η more than 4,000 Supplied Worldwide: Handling High Lifts, Large Capacities, Tough Applications. > For more than 100 years, Rexnord has been a primary source for power transmission and conveying products for industries around the globe. Thousands of installations, decades of service and still going strong.Rexnord High Performance Bucket Elevators are designed specifi cally for critical applications handling tough materials such as found in cement, lime, fertilizer, chemical, steel, coal, aluminum and forest products industries.ItΒs important to note that only Rexnord...

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Rexnord chain elevators offer benefi ts associated with the consistency and quality of Rexnord chain which gives the user a very predictable and measurable life. Rexnord has supplied chain elevators with lifts in excess of 70 meters (230 feet) and belt elevators with lifts in excess of 100 meters (328 feet). Capacities over 1,000 metric tons per hour are possible with Rex Bucket Elevators.A Rexnord professional from one of our worldwide sales offi ces can discuss both types of elevators with you as well as help with your applications requirements. Or if you prefer, mail or fax your application...

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Equipment recommendations can sometimes be simple and straight-forward. Frequently, modifi cations and adjustments will be the answer. Other situations may call or specialized equipment: sealed joint chain, unique bucket design or a solution still in the creative minds of Rexnord engineers ready to apply the knowledge associated with over 4,000 elevator installations worldwide. Long before the bucket elevator arrives, Rexnords fi eld sales force and engineers offer in-depth involvement. Some or all of the following considerations are determined early-on to make a project successful:Management...

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Finite element analysis of a Rexnord Since 1892, weve made more chain than anyone in the world. Since 1905, Rexnord has supplied chain bucket elevators to many industries. Over the years, Rexnord has concentrated on continually improving chain manufacturing techniques to provide the following benefi ts by way of a ғbalanced design: Greatest fatigue strength available for maximum chain performance. Induction hardening and deep case carburizing give Rexnord chains the hardest wear surfaces, greatest case depths and consistency of chain manufacture and quality for the best wear life.Controlled interference...

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Rexnord chain type bucket elevators are selected most often for bucket elevator applications. Why? Because in a properly designed and operated Rexnord bucket elevator equipped with Rexnord elevator chains, the user can achieve a very predictable and measurable wear life for the elevator chain without concern over catastrophic breakage. A simple chain elongation measurement procedure showing chain wear limits is contained in the Rexnord Service Manual supplied with each elevator. By routinely measuring the chain elongation as part of the plantΒs preventive maintenance program, the user can easily...

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Research and development, fi eld testing and installation experience have allowed Rexnord to produce a belt bucket elevator that incorporates concepts and components that refl ect state-of-the-art technology. Rexnord belt elevators are currently handling such products as alumina, coke, foundry sand, raw meal, wood chips and other materials where physical characteristics are best suited to a belt type elevator. Rexnord belt elevators have been supplied with lifts in excess of 100 meters (328 feet). > at speeds up to 115 meters per minute (377 feet per minute). > are possible in comparison to chain...

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Rexnord manufactures a variety of bucket styles in fabricated steel, cast iron and polymeric materials to meet application requirements. Years of research in Rexnords own test elevators have given Rexnord a unique design capability to insure the optimum elevator is achieved by applying the right bucket to the application. Pictured is RexnordҒs patented AC bucket design with an abrasion resistant lip for longer bucket life when handling abrasive materials. All Rexnord fabricated steel buckets are jig welded for uniformity and strength. > Օ ՕՕ Traction wheel rim segments easily installed, simplifying...

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ΕՕ Falk > TM Drive One > with Swing Base Assembly: Maintain the advantage of interference fi t by eliminating pin grinding or heating of side bars which destroys the fatigue strength of the chain and can result in premature chain failure. This rugged tool uses a hydraulic ram and hand pump to deliver the forces necessary to drive chain pins in the fi eld or shop. Can be used for effi ciency in both chain assembly and disassembly. Most fl exible design, handles widest assortment of motor / coupling combinations Falk Drive One Inching Drive Package : Designed for low maintenance, long life, and...

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