Material types of Elevator Bucket
Elevator buckets can be divided into metal elevator bucket cups and plastic bucket cups.
Metal elevator bucket cups have the materials: Mild steel, Stainless steel 304, and Stainless steel 316.
Plastic elevator bucket cups have the materials: HDPE, Nylon6, Reinforced Nylon, Polyurethane (PU)
Material Applications for different Elevator Cups Buckets
Mild Steel: General purpose application, has a long use life, used for cereals and industrial products;
Stainless steel 304: Used for food, feed, and other, corrosive and high-temperature products;
Stainless steel 316: Used for food, feed, and other, highly corrosive and high-temperature products;
HDPE: Cereals, food, feed, and seed products;
Nylon 6: Used for hot, abrasive, and sticky products;
Reinforced nylon: Used for hot, highly abrasive, and sticky industrial products;
Polyurethane (PU): Used for sharp, cutting, and sticky products.
What’s the meaning of food, feed, and others?
Food: Barleys, Beans, Corn, Cotton Seed, Coffee, Flour, Grains, Nuts, Rice, Sunflower, Oats, Salt, Sugar, Wheat, etc.
Feed: Bone Meal, Pellets, Meat Scrap, etc.
Others: Seeds, Grass seed, Fertilizer, Perlite, Potash, Sawdust, Minerals, etc.
Comparison list of material properties
| Property | Mild Steel | SS304 | SS316 | HDPE | Nylon 6 | Reinforced Nylon | Polyurethane |
| Cost | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Wear Resistance | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Impact Resistance | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Non-Stick | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| FDA Food Resistance | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Max Temp °C Continuous | 180+ | 250+ | 250+ | 70+ | 100+ | 150+ | 60+ |
| Max Temp °C Peak | 200 | 400 | 400 | 80 | 120 | 170 | 70 |
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