Material Handling Equipment Supplier, Philippines

What material handling equipment does JOHOB supply?

JOHOB supplies material handling equipment for industrial and commercial applications: bucket elevators for boiler fuel and bulk lift, belt conveyors for production line transfer, chain hoists and jib cranes for maintenance access, and feed systems for boilers or process lines. Every unit is turnkey supply plus install plus civil coordination plus electrical hookup by one team.

This is delivered scope, not a catalog aspiration. Our documented work includes a belt-type bucket elevator moving 5 to 7 tons per hour of rice hull up a 12 meter lift, feeding the biomass boiler that powers the flatwork ironer line at a major Metro Manila commercial laundry operation. That project carried the full integration package: reinforced concrete foundation coordinated with a civil crew under our scope, drive controls wired into the plant's existing motor control center, and commissioning against the boiler's actual fuel demand.

Material handling connects naturally to the rest of what JOHOB delivers. Fuel handling feeds our steam and boiler systems. Conveyors tie production stages together. Hoists and jib cranes make pump rooms and plant mezzanines maintainable. Because the mechanical, civil, and electrical scopes sit with one team, the equipment arrives with its foundation designed, its starter panel matched, and its interfaces flanged to whatever it feeds.

When is a bucket elevator the right lift solution?

Bucket elevators handle bulk granular material vertically over 5 meters with minimal footprint. Typical applications: rice hull fuel feed to boilers, cement or grain lift to silos, aggregate transfer. Belt-type buckets for lower duty (5 to 10 tons per hour); chain-type for heavier abrasive material. Sized by throughput, lift height, and material bulk density.

The alternative for vertical bulk transfer is an inclined conveyor, and the trade-off is floor space. An inclined belt at a workable angle needs a long horizontal run to gain height: lifting material 12 meters can demand 30 or more meters of floor, which most plants do not have to spare. A bucket elevator does the same lift on a footprint of a few square meters, which is why it wins wherever bulk material has to go up inside an existing building.

Selection comes down to three numbers. Throughput in tons per hour sets the bucket size and belt speed. Lift height sets the casing length and drive power. Material bulk density and abrasiveness pick the family: belt-type buckets handle light granular materials such as rice hull, grain, and pellets economically in the 5 to 10 tons per hour range, while chain-type units take over for heavier, hotter, or more abrasive duty such as cement and aggregate. Fuel moisture and dust behavior also matter for biomass duty, which is why our specifications state the design material, not just the tonnage.

Sizing a conveyor for a production or transfer line

Conveyor sizing depends on tons per hour throughput, belt width required for material lump size, incline angle, and drive motor kW. Flat belt conveyors handle general bulk transfer; troughed belt for granular; roller conveyors for boxed goods. Speed matched to downstream process rate. Length limited by tension design and support structure spacing.

The most common conveyor mistake is sizing to average throughput instead of the receiving equipment's real intake rate. A conveyor that outruns the machine it feeds just builds a pile at the transfer point; one that lags starves the line. We size the belt against the downstream process rate, then check lump size against belt width so material rides the belt instead of rolling off it, and verify the incline angle against the material's surcharge angle so nothing slides back on startup.

Configuration follows the cargo. Troughed belts carry granular bulk efficiently because the trough shape deepens the load section. Flat belts suit general transfer and bagged goods. Roller conveyors, powered or gravity, move boxed and palletized goods through packing and dispatch areas. Drive motor kW comes out of the tension calculation rather than a rule of thumb, and the same calculation fixes support spacing so the structure is stiff where the belt tension actually loads it. Drive starters and any VFD speed control are specified with the conveyor as part of our integrated electrical and controls scope.

Integrated civil, electrical, and controls scope

Every material handling install includes three scopes beyond the equipment: RC foundation and support structure sized to dynamic load, motor starter and control panel integrated with your existing MCC, and interface flanges to downstream equipment. JOHOB coordinates civil subcontractor plus electrical wiring plus commissioning as part of the package, not handed to other trades.

Material handling equipment is where the gap between trades hurts most, because the machine is useless until concrete, steel, wiring, and mechanical assembly all land in the right order. A bucket elevator foundation carries dynamic load, not just dead weight, so the reinforced concrete design has to come from the equipment's actual reaction forces. The drive needs a starter section that coordinates with the plant's existing motor control center, including interlocks with the equipment it feeds, so the elevator stops when the boiler hopper is full instead of burying it.

On our delivered rice hull elevator project, the civil works ran under our coordination alongside the mechanical supply: foundation poured and cured while the equipment was in transit, support steel erected to match the casing, and the electrical tie-in scheduled so commissioning happened in one continuous sequence. That is the model for every material handling package we quote: one schedule, one coordinator, one accountable party when the trades meet.

Typical install timelines and site coordination

Bucket elevator install: 3 to 5 weeks total including foundation cure, mechanical assembly, wiring, and commissioning. Conveyor install: 1 to 4 weeks depending on run length. Hoist install: 1 to 2 days including load test. All timelines assume site survey completed and existing slab structural check passed.

The critical path on a bucket elevator is concrete, not steel. Foundation pour and cure consume the front of the schedule, which is why we sequence the pour as early as possible, ideally while the equipment is still in transit, so mechanical assembly starts the moment the casing arrives. Conveyors scale with run length and support count: a short transfer conveyor is a one-week job, while a long run with elevated supports and multiple transfer points runs toward four. Hoists are the fast wins, installed and load-tested inside two days.

Two site conditions gate every schedule. First, the survey: tie-in points, access routes, and lifting positions confirmed before quotation, so the plan reflects the building you actually have. Second, the structural check: where equipment or supports land on an existing slab, we verify the slab can take the load before anything is fabricated. Facilities inside economic zones can read our SBMA / PEZA locators page for how zone-gate delivery and documentation are handled on top of the install scope.

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Related Pages

• Steam and Boiler Systems
• Electrical & Controls
• Commercial Laundry Equipment
• SBMA / PEZA Locators

Reviewed: July 2026