Conveyor chain gets heavy duty

Renold has introduced an extra strength chain that is more suitable for conveyor applications selected on ultimate tensile strength (breaking load).

To complement the existing range of British Standard Conveyor Chain, Renold has introduced an extra strength chain that is more suitable for conveyor applications selected on ultimate tensile strength (breaking load). Each chain is the same size dimensionally as its normal counterpart, for example an extra strength 24000 lbs chain has basically the same dimensions as a normal 12000 lbs series chain.

This chain is used extensively in the conveying of bulk food stuffs such as grain, maize, wheat and raw food mixtures and waste processing byproducts. Most of these applications use scraper type conveyor systems that normally have long centre distances between sprockets. Such systems are sometimes slow moving with little or no shock loading, hence the chain has to take the strain.