Modeling and simulation of belt bucket elevator head shaft for safe life operation

PO Chikelu, SC Nwigbo, OW Obot, PC Okolie… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
This research paper presents a step by step conceptual design and life prediction approach
for the design, modeling and simulation of head shaft of a belt bucket elevator, to be used for …

[PDF][PDF] A review on design and analysis of bucket elevator

S Patel, S Patel, J Patel - International Journal of Engineering Research …, 2012 - Citeseer
Bucket Elevators are powered equipment for conveying bulk materials in a vertical or steep
inclined path, consisting of an endless belt, or chain to which metallic buckets are fixed. With …

Failure analysis of an elevator drive shaft

A Göksenli, IB Eryürek - Engineering failure analysis, 2009 - Elsevier
In this study failure analysis of an elevator drive shaft is analyzed in detail. Failure occurred
at the keyway of the shaft. Microstructural, mechanical and chemical properties of the shaft …

[PDF][PDF] Productivity improvement of bucket elevator by modified design

S Patel, S Patel, J Patel - … Journal of Emerging Technology and Advanced …, 2013 - Citeseer
These are powered equipment for conveying bulk materials in a vertical or steep inclined
path, consisting of an endless belt, or chain/s to which metallic buckets are fixed. With the …

Stress Analysis and Topology Optimization of a Chain Bucket Elevator Using Ansys

E Yin, EM Seckley, EK Asiedu, S Cobbinah - Acta Polytechnica, 2021 - ojs.cvut.cz
A failure of conveyor chain links in a production process can cause unscheduled shutdowns,
which increase the throughput time coupled with damaged buckets and chain links, which …

A method of comparative evaluation of the drive units of two bucket elevators—A case study

P Sokolski, J Sokolska - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
Bucket elevators are applied in many industries for bulk material handling. One of the main
requirements for these devices is their high operational reliability. This applies in particular …

Study on multibody dynamic analysis and durability of heavy load bucket roller chain system

CU Kim, JC Park, DW Lee, JI Song - Journal of the Korean Society …, 2016 - koreascience.kr
In this study, multibody dynamic and mechanical analyses were conducted for the structure
of roller chain bucket elevator system. The fatigue life of the roller chain elevator system was …

Study on stress and deformation of an elevator safety gear brake block using experimental and FEA methods

E Kayaoglu, O Salman, A Candas - Advanced Materials Research, 2011 - Trans Tech Publ
It has been seen that Cylindrical Type Instantaneous Safety Gear, which is one of the most
important element of an elevator system, during safety gear operation is being exposed to …

Fatigue life analysis and forecast of scissors arms in scissors aerial work platform

PAN Quan, Z Zhe, HE Shanghong, LIU Guoliang - Food and Machinery, 2017 - ifoodmm.cn
Fatigue destruction is the main way for scissors arms to lose effectiveness in the scissors
aerial work platform in the actual situation. Through finite element modeling of scissors arms …

Fatigue Life Analysis of Lifting Mechanism Rod Based on Virtual Prototyping and FEM

XK Ge, DW Liu, LL Zhu - Advanced Materials Research, 2013 - Trans Tech Publ
In order to calculate fatigue life of dump truck lifting mechanism's structure components, a
virtual prototyping model of lifting mechanism was built with Multi-body Dynamic Simulation …