Compared with the belt of bucket elevator, the chain is easier to maintain, so let's first talk about how to maintain the chain of bucket elevator. The chain is made of metal material, the biggest impact is the tensile strength between the scratches and the material in our daily operation, so we need to do two things when we maintain the bucket elevator.
1.Wipe with oil on the surface of the chain, the oil will form a protective layer on the chain surface, thus it can extend the period of the chain scratches cycle when bucket elevator works.
2.The molding of each chain ring is not made one time, we can find there is welding place on each ring of the chain, so we must pay attention to the usage condition of the welding place when we maintain the bucket elevator, if there is crack ,please repair welding timely.
Next we will introduce the maintenance method bucket elevator belt, as we know the belt is soft so it is easy to affected by buckets and conveying materials, sometimes there may have tearing phenomenon, here we have three solutions to solve the problems.
The first method is hot vulcanizing, it is a method by using of vulcanizing machine, hot vulcanizing material to repair seamlessly with high strength, this method can make the belt eliminate damage and recover completely .
The second method is to cold patching, which is mainly use special belt cold bonding agent ,glue and special tools to repair in filling type, if there is a small area of tearing, this method is very effective. The third method is mechanical repair using by rivet, screws or clip to connect the tearing parts or layer peeling parts together, but one shortage of this method is temporary usage, it can’t use for long-term.