Bucket elevator is a kind of conveying machine, which uses a series of buckets, which are uniformly fixed to the endless belt, to continuously lift bulk materials in the vertical direction. Bucket elevators are widely used in food & agriculture industries to vertically lift bulk, granular materials, such as wheat, maize paddy, rice, pulses, millets etc.

Bucket elevators are of three 3 types:

1. SLOW SPEED CONTINUOUS BUCKET ELEVATOR
2. CENTRIFUGAL BUCKET ELEVATOR
   2.1. HIGH SPEED CENTRIFUGAL BUCKET ELEVATOR
3. POSITIVE DISCHARGE ELEVATOR