Conveyor chain applications

The inverted conveyor technology is unrivalled in terms of service life and availability. Renold has extensive experience in planning chamfered chains to optimize transportation solutions. Economical and user-friendly solutions are two of our main priorities.

The use of inverted chains in transport systems offers a decisive advantage: their layered structure makes them space-saving and variable in shape and width. In addition, their low wear ensures high functional reliability and a long service life, and they are particularly resistant to extreme temperatures.

Transportation and linkage systems

For example, as a linkage system for flanges, camshafts and conveyor sprockets

…… For tool technology

• Low vibration and smooth operation
• High load capacity
• Low preload
• Quiet operation

… Used in crankshafts

• High load capacity and narrow width
• Space-saving and variable shape and width
• The operation is smooth, and the workpiece does not shake

… For casting housings

• Not susceptible to chips or coolant
• Long Service Life
• Rugged design

Transport and storage systems

For example, for castings or aluminum housings, multi-track accumulators for circulating conveying and accumulation operations

… For flanges

• High abrasion resistance
• Low elongation for safe positioning
• The operation is extremely smooth

… Accommodates the smallest bearing surfaces

• Space-saving and variable shape and width
• Low elongation for safe positioning
• The operation is smooth, and the workpiece does not shake

Space-saving and variable shape and width

• Low elongation for safe positioning
• High abrasion resistance
• The operation is smooth, and the workpiece does not shake

… Easy to tip and transport

• Space-saving and variable shape and width
• Low elongation for safe positioning
• Smooth operation and uniform transportation

High abrasion resistance

For example, conveyor chains used in automotive assembly to transport assembly frames as supply equipment for transmission components

… Used to assemble frames

• Although the conveying weight is heavier, the width is smaller
• Compact, dense web (accident prevention)
• Evenly distributed weight pressure – low surface pressure on the guide bed
• Smooth running and smooth driving

… In the chassis dynamometer

• Larger widths are also possible
• Compact, dense web (accident prevention)
• Uneven load – direct contact between the tire/vehicle and the toothed chain

… It is used in the conveyor part of the final assembly

• Ideal configuration for maximum load
• Highest degree of process reliability
• Automatic towing and electric overhead conveyors
• No special aids are required for assembly and maintenance

… For camshafts

• High load capacity and narrow width
• Even if the conveying distance is long, the elongation is small
• It can be simply shortened or repaired

Special transport tasks

For example, chamfered chains with grinding surfaces, chamfered conveyor chains with prismatic edges, drive chains for conveying car axles, and drive chains for pipeline transport.

… With prisms for axles

• High positioning accuracy
• The operation is smooth, and the workpiece does not shake
• The operation is smooth, and the workpiece does not shake

Easy-to-install plastic brackets

• … Special plates with elevation
• Integrated side rails for components
• The sliding smoothing plate is used for accumulation operations without abrasion of the workpiece Robust design eliminates the need for additional plastic workpieces

… As an underground energy chain

• Although the conveying weight is heavier, the width is smaller
• Compact, dense web (accident prevention)
• Flexible design, e.g. with bushings for driving production carriers