Block Transfer

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Cost Savings: $6,972 A concrete company was using a competitor’s RS80 chain with homemade top rollers made from RS80-2 connecting links. Due to the harsh environment (dust/sand/heat), they could not properly lubricate the chain as the lubrication would cake up on the side plates, not reaching critical points. The chain lasted six months. Tsubaki recommended […]

Synthetic Gypsum Bucket Elevator

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Cost Savings: $7,787 and counting The customer was using a competitor’s 4850 chain with G6 attachment on every pitch to move raw synthetic gypsum via buckets to the next process area. Gypsum would get into the pin and bushing area triggering the pin to wear, causing the competitor’s chain to last for two years. Although […]

Spiral Freezer Tunnel

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Cost Savings: $7,168 The OEM originally supplied a 2060 alloy steel (AS) chain with 60 stainless steel split roller links with A2 attachments for this application. The spiral freezer tunnel experienced a premature life cycle due to the split roller opening up, causing the chain to fail; the chain has standard riveting causing the pins […]

Freezer Tunnel

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Cost Savings: $1,678 A food company’s fresh-food freezer tunnel operates under negative 25 degrees Celsius for 8 hours at a time and cannot be lubricated due to direct food contact. After switching the nickel-plated chain to a self-lubricating Lambda nickel-plated chain, the application increased its life three folds saving the customer $1,678.

Chocolate Forming Line

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Cost Savings: $131,886 The customer was using two strands of OEM’s RS100 narrow chain with threaded pins that hold the trays used to mould the liquid chocolate. They had an issue with elongation due to poor lubrication and pin breakage. Tsubaki recommended the RS100 narrow Lambda chain with an integral pin design. The Lambda chain […]