Thomas Conveyor Company offers a complete line of material handling solutions available to the marketplace. Available Bucket Elevator configurations are Centrifugal Discharge and Continuous Discharge.

Both types of Bucket Elevators are available with either a chain drive or a belt carrier line.

Continuous Bucket Elevators are designed to handle fragile materials to minimize product damage. They will lift all types of free flowing, sluggish or abrasive materials. The material is loaded into the buckets from a "feeder". it is lifted in the buckets and is discharged over the face of the preceeding bucket after passing around the head sprocket or pulley. The close spacing of the buckets allows material to flow over the backside of the preceeding bucket whose extended sides form a chute to guide the material into the discharge spout. This style conveyor generally operates at lower speeds to minimize breakage of friable materials.

Centrifugal Bucket Elevators operate at high speeds to throw material by centrifugal force out of the buckets into the discharge spout as the buckets pass over the head sprocket or pulley. These buckets are spaced at wider intervals to assure maximum fill of the buckets at the boot while moving at higher speeds.