Renold chain centre produces 1.7km conveyor chain27 February 2020
Renold’s UK chain centre has manufactured one of the largest lengths of a customer specified conveyor chain that it has produced so far this year.
According to operations manager Alec Annand, Renold won the order for the 1.7 kilometres of zinc plated, hollow bearing pin chain on key customer requirements, including fast turnaround time, quality, and the ability to produce the chain to a metric pitch size.
From the order being placed, Renold’s UK chain centre was able to manufacture the 1.7 kilometre, 100mm pitch, 6,000lb conveyor chain within just eight weeks. According to Annand, this is due to the chain centre’s ability to manufacture the chain’s side plates in house on a 150-tonne power press, which is capable of producing 60 plates a minute from steel coil.
Annand adds: “We’re very proud to have been able to produce such a large chain, with a metric pitch size, zinc coating, and be able to do so in less than eight weeks to the customer’s exact specifications.”
Adam Offord
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