Bucket elevator Preventive Maintenance
This procedure summarizes the bucket elevator preventive maintenance process, including LOTO, inspection of the motor, gearbox, bearings, belt, and structure for wear or misalignment. It ensures safe, efficient operation, proper tracking, and housekeeping before returning equipment to service.
Goodland Crush - Scoular
10/15/2025
Bucket elevator Preventive Maintenance
This procedure summarizes the bucket elevator preventive maintenance process, including LOTO, inspection of the motor, gearbox, bearings, belt, and structure for wear or misalignment. It ensures safe, efficient operation, proper tracking, and housekeeping before returning equipment to service.
Notify operations prior to starting work
Perform LOTO of equipment
Head Section Inspection
Inspect motor for bearing noise
Check coupling from motor to gearbox if applicable. Replace as needed.
Check drive chain/belts for wear. Replace as needed.
Check sprockets for wear and ensure sprockets/ hubs are tight on shaft if applicable. Replace as needed.
Check gearbox for shaft play
Check gearbox oil level, add if needed.
Check head shaft bearings for play/wear. Ensure set screws are tight to shaft.
Check the throw plate clearance
Check head lagging for wear
if the answer is "unchecked "
Clear debris as needed, if needs relined, patched, or tiled, proceed with follow up work order.
Check if the belt is riding square on the head pulley
Inspection Panel Area or Mid section/ Trunking
Inspect buckets, bolts, belt, and splice.
Inspect trunking from top to bottom. Take speacial attention to connection points. Ensure mounting and securment bolts are tight and present. Replace any missing bolts.
Tail / Boot Section
Check tail bearings for play. Ensure set screws are tight to shaft.
Check if the boot is in good condition
Once inspection is complete, have operations start equipment. Check tracking at tail / boot and adjust if needed.
Inspect spout/s coming into leg. Do they need removed to line/tile/patch?
Inspect entire take up assembly inside and out. Remove inspection plates as needed to inspect the inside of take up assembly.
Check overall condition of boot section. Rotting or holes?
Structure Support / Overall Integrity
Inspect guy wires, framing, ladders, or any support structures for damage or loose mounting.
Structural support/ Integrity
Sign off on the bucket elevator PM
Click here to sign
Source: Goodland Crush - Scoular (Community Member)