Bucket Elevator for Sorghum

Bucket elevator for lifting sorghum from low to high

Lifting height	1-60m
Conveying capacity	0.5-100m³/h
Power	3-55KW
Sorghum type	Red sorghum, white sorghum, sweet sorghum, brewing sorghum, fodder sorghum, etc.
Material	Carbon steel/stainless steel

What is Bucket Elevator for Sorghum?

Bucket Elevator for Sorghum is a bucket elevator designed for vertical conveying of grain materials such as sorghum. It uses a continuous circulation method to lift sorghum from a low place to a high place. The lifting height can reach 50 meters to meet the height requirements of different plant buildings.The conveying capacity can reach 100m³/h. A variety of specifications are available to adapt to small-scale to large-scale production. The hopper material is available in stainless steel, carbon steel, engineering plastics, etc., which meet food grade and wear-resistant requirements.

Bucket Elevator for Sorghum optimizes the hopper shape and running speed specifically for the characteristics of sorghum particles. It adopts a low-speed and large-capacity design. Compared with traditional elevators, it can reduce the crushing rate by more than 30%. It is an ideal choice for industries such as breweries, feed mills, and grain storage.

Why choose Bucket Elevator for Sorghum?

As a high-hardness granular material, sorghum faces three major pain points during the lifting process: high particle crushing rate, wet and sticky varieties are easy to block the material, and the lifting volume is unstable. Bucket Elevator for Sorghum solves the problem through three core technologies:

Ultra-low crushing design: With a large-capacity bucket and ultra-low speed structure (≤28r/min), the material is fed by gravity flow to avoid extrusion and extrusion, and the crushing rate is controlled within 0.5%, which is significantly better than the industry level of 3% for ordinary models;

Anti-blocking material optimization: For high-humidity varieties such as glutinous sorghum, the ZH-type deep arc hopper and squirrel cage waterproof wheel are configured to prevent the material from sticking to the wall; for dry bulk varieties such as brewing sorghum, the SH-type deep bucket is used to achieve centrifugal rapid unloading;

High-yield and stable operation guarantee: The conveying capacity is as high as 58m³/h (equivalent to 30 tons/hour), matched with ZLY hard-toothed reducer and backstop, and it can run continuously for 20,000 hours without failure

What types of Bucket Elevator for Sorghum are there?

Bucket Elevator for Sorghum can be divided into TH chain type and TD belt type according to the characteristics of sorghum and production needs:

Model classification	TH chain bucket elevator for Sorghum	TD belt bucket elevator for Sorghum
Applicable sorghum type	Highly abrasive materials (such as hulled sorghum)	Dry loose sorghum (such as brewing sorghum)
Hopper selection	S-type deep round bottom bucket (anti-sticking)	SD type deep bucket (high-speed unloading)
Lifting height range	10-50 meters	5-40 meters
Maximum lifting capacity	58m³/h	45m³/h
Typical application scenarios	Sorghum processing plant, feed factory	Grain silo transfer, seed processing line

What is the working principle of Bucket Elevator for Sorghum?

After Bucket Elevator for Sorghum is started, sorghum flows evenly into the hopper from the bottom feed port. The hopper filled with sorghum rises vertically with the traction device (chain or belt) and runs in a closed casing to avoid external contamination. After the hopper reaches the top, the sorghum is discharged from the discharge port under the dual action of gravity and centrifugal force, and the empty hopper returns to the bottom along the other side, completing a working cycle.

Parameters of Bucket Elevator for Sorghum

Model	Hopper type	Conveying capacity (m/h)	Hopper volume (L)	Chain specifications	Lifting height (m)	Motor power (kW)
TH160	ZH medium-deep bucket	15.77	1.2	Φ14×50mm	≤50	3-7.5
TH160	SH deep bucket	24.97	1.9	Φ14×50mm	≤50	4-11
TH200	ZH Zhongshendou	17.87	1.5	Φ14×50mm	≤50	4-11
TH200	SH deep bucket	28.6	2.4	Φ14×50mm	≤50	5.5-15
TH315	ZH Zhongshendou	35	3.75	Φ18×64mm	≤50	7.5-18.5
TH315	SH deep bucket	59	6.0	Φ18×64mm	≤50	11-22
TH400	SH deep bucket	94	9.5	Φ22×86mm	≤50	15-30

What are the applications of Bucket Elevator for Sorghum?

Bucket Elevator for Sorghum can be used to elevate various types of sorghum, and is often used in the following core links: in the brewing industry, it accurately completes the storage and transportation of sorghum raw materials in liquor brewing, the lifting of wet materials after soaking, and the connection with the cooking process; in the field of feed processing, it realizes the rapid entry and exit of feed sorghum storage and the lossless vertical transportation between the crushing process; for the needs of grain storage, it efficiently completes the sorghum storage/exit operation and the supporting transportation of the drying tower; in the food processing link, it ensures the sanitary transfer between the cleaning and grading processes of edible sorghum and the stable improvement of the sorghum rice processing production line; at the same time, it serves the bioenergy industry to meet the special lifting needs of sweet sorghum stalks and ethanol production raw materials. Each scenario is equipped with a customized hopper and drive solution to ensure the efficient processing of sorghum in different forms (dry grains, wet materials, stalks, etc.).