Wednesday 18 February 2015

Getting the best from your Roller Chain

Roller chain is manufactured from highly engineered components and proper maintenance is required for users to get the maxim efficiency from the chain. You should always make regular visual inspections and carry out preventative maintenance as and when required. 
Proper lubrication of a chain drive is very important and will help to give the best performance. If the chain is not properly lubricated its life will be decreased, lack of lubrication is one of the main causes of premature chain wear and failure.
Lubrication using the correctly selected/recommended lubricant is vital to minimise the wear of the chain components which have direct metal to metal contact, wear will result due to friction if not lubricated.Chain elongation can also be caused by wear between the chain pin and bush during its movement, as well as helping to prevent elongation, good lubrication cools down the chain when running at high speed and helps reduce noise while running.


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