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Need help with roller chain conveyor tensioning
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Need help with roller chain conveyor tensioning

Need help with roller chain conveyor tensioning

(OP)
Hi all.

I am trying to resolve a tensioning problem at my work with roller chains.
However, all sorts of automatic spring loaded, floating,ring tensioners are not an option because there isn't plenty of room to work with.

Are there any other ingenious ways of tensioning a roller chain without any of the above mentioned tensioning devices?

Thanks.

RE: Need help with roller chain conveyor tensioning

- Make some part of the support structure a little compliant.  Adjust its spring rate to provide tensioning and takeup.

- Use undersize (short pitch) chain molded of rubber.

- Use regular chain, but use a couple hundred extra feet of it, and let the weight of that hanging loop tension the remainder of the system.

- Use a shorter hanging loop, a snatch block with a sprocket, and a hanging weight.

Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA

RE: Need help with roller chain conveyor tensioning


The snap-idle recommendation is a good one.  The simple ideas are the best.

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