Enhance your food processing efficiency with the Apollo Bucket Elevator
At Apollo, we understand the critical role that efficient, reliable, and sanitary material handling plays in the food industry. Our advanced bucket elevators are specifically designed to meet the stringent requirements of food processing facilities, ensuring seamless and safe transport of various food products. From sweet to savoury. Our Bucket Elevators provide a very gentle transport so the food products stay in shape, retains their properties and quality. They are designed for a broad range of food products, from human to animal food handling. The individual buckets are easily removable for cleaning and replacing.
Product examples:
- Rice
- Chocolate/candy
- Beans (e.g. coffee beans, soya beans)
- Frozen food
- Nuts
- Petfood
- Dried ingredients
- And many more
Corrosive handling
Apollo’s bucket elevators are used on a wide range of applications including handling highly abrasive and corrosive products. Various bucket materials are available ensuring optimal chemical and temperature compatibility.
Dust control
Due to the nature of our pendulum bucket concept, horizontal transport is combined with vertical transport with minimal agitation, so dust levels remain low as it travels through the Bucket Elevator. There is also no open discharge from one conveyor into another. The elevator itself is air-tight and an under pressure can be maintained in the elevator ensuring that no dust is exposed to the environment.
The bucket elevator is designed for extreme dust levels even when the product is highly abrasive. Through optimally positioned suction points, dust tight bearings and anti-static buckets pollution levels remain very low which contributes to machine reliability, easy cleaning and low maintenance.
Compliant with food regulations
Authorities like the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) continuously sharpen food safety regulations across various sectors. FDA regulations and the European CE1935/2007 do stipulate that any migration of material which is in direct contact with food should be reduced to a minimum. This kind of legislation is gradually being applied to the agricultural sector and often equipment has to comply with these standards. Apollo’s bucket elevators do comply with all of these stated regulations.
