A bucket elevator can elevate a variety of bulk material from light to heavy and from fine to large lumps. A centrifugal discharge elevator are used for vertical handling of material. Vertical elevator depend entirely on the action of centrifugal force to get the material into the discharge chute and must be run at speed relatively high. Nearly all centrifugal discharge elevators have spaced buckets with rounded bottoms. They pick up their load from a boot.
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