chain assembly
chain assembly
(OP)
Hello mates,
I have a question how to design chain generaly and fit to main assembly. I mean standart roller or energy chain. I have issues every time I try to make a chain assembly. Is also a chance to animate the chain movement?
Thank you for reply,
Pete Sevy,
Konteza s.r.o.
Czech rep
I have a question how to design chain generaly and fit to main assembly. I mean standart roller or energy chain. I have issues every time I try to make a chain assembly. Is also a chance to animate the chain movement?
Thank you for reply,
Pete Sevy,
Konteza s.r.o.
Czech rep






RE: chain assembly
Dan
www.eltronresearch.com
Dan's Blog
RE: chain assembly
RE: chain assembly
I was using an IGUS energy chain, so I was able to download the end brackets and individual links for my chain in STEP format.
This post has some good info: https://forum.solidworks.com/thread/43093
About 2/3 down the page is a post by Jay Patterson with a zip file attached.
The critical step here is the Fit Spline in the sketch that defines the energy chain's path. It creates a single spline curve that the links can follow, rather than a piecewise curve. This seems to make the chain behave properly.
A warning- dragging this assembly around in a larger assembly made my computer VERY slow and crashed Solidworks when I wasn't being careful.
What's worse, in the end our hose sizes (and therefore our energy chain selection) changed, meaining that at some point I will have to go through the whole process again.
RE: chain assembly
PS. Yes if you can't tell i've been working with (against?) 140 roller chain assemblies! I'd kill for a belt AND chain feature that was also capable of broken chain segments not just full circuits.