Bulk Material Handling Equipment for Conveying, Feeding, Elevating, and Flow Control

Improve Material Flow | Increase Reliability | Reduce Downtime

We help identify and implement the right KWS Manufacturing solution for bulk material conveying, screw feeding, bucket elevating, drag conveying, slide gates, live bottoms, hoppers, bins, and custom engineered material handling systems. From food ingredients and chemicals to cement, aggregates, agriculture, mining, wastewater, recycling, and other dry bulk materials, KWS equipment helps manufacturers improve material flow, increase production efficiency, and maximize process reliability.

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KWS Bucket Elevators

Lift bulk material to the next level of your process.

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Lift bulk material to the next level of your process.

Do you need vertical lift without a long inclined conveying route?

KWS bucket elevators carry material upward in buckets attached to a belt or chain inside a casing. The product characteristics, capacity, lift height, and discharge requirements guide equipment selection.

Typical application
Elevate bulk ingredients to an overhead processing or storage point.

Also known as: Bucket lifts, belt bucket elevators, chain bucket elevators.

Materials & industries

Free-flowing and average-flowing bulk solids in food, chemical, minerals and wood processing. Review bucket style, lift height, inlet conditions and discharge behaviour for your material.

KWS application example

Elevating dense copper powder

KWS paired a bucket elevator with an inclined screw conveyor for a copper powder processing line. The project required enclosed handling and careful layout coordination in an existing building.

Bucket elevator installed for vertical copper powder handling.

The connected conveyor and elevator fit the available processing space.

Application photos: KWS Manufacturing. Read the full KWS case study >>

What this equipment can help you do

Vertical conveying

Move material upward within a compact ground-level footprint.

Enclosed route

Review the casing, inlet, and discharge interfaces.

Application selection

Match buckets and operating arrangement to the product.

How the process works

Load at the inlet

Material enters the lower section under the designed feed conditions.

Elevate in buckets

Buckets travel upward on the selected belt or chain.

Discharge at the head

Material exits into the downstream chute or equipment.

Configuration & selection

Duty: Required capacity, lift height, and operating schedule.
Product: Density, size, flowability, fragility, abrasion, and temperature.
Installation: Boot access, head clearance, support, and maintenance space.

Options to discuss

Belt or chain arrangement
Bucket and discharge selection
Casing and contact materials
Monitoring, access, and process connections

Share your material, bulk density, throughput, lift height, temperature, and inlet/discharge elevations. Include a drawing or photos when available.

Plan your application review

Can the elevator handle my product without excessive damage?

Provide the product size, fragility, and acceptable breakage level. The loading method, bucket arrangement, speed, and discharge need to be reviewed together.

What should I send for an initial recommendation?

Start with the material, operating conditions, capacity, installation dimensions, and the problem you want to solve. RTS will review the requirements with KWS and identify missing information before a final selection.

Can you review an existing installation?

Send the equipment model or serial number, photos, drawings, and a description of the issue. We can discuss replacement equipment, parts, or an application review.