Flat Top Conveyor Chains (Plastic)

Flat Top Conveyor Chains (Plastic) - The Versatile Solution for Beverage Industry

Flat top conveyor chains made of plastic are widely used in the beverage industry, owing to their versatile performance and ability to deliver a wide range of solutions for conveyor applications. From lubricated and dry running beverage applications to specialized high-tech materials for specific applications, these chains are capable of delivering superior performance.

Whether you need to convey cans, PET, or glass bottles, flat top conveyor chains offer a range of solutions for different applications. They are available in a range of materials and styles, including high strength materials that offer high PV resistance and very low friction. Sliding properties of flat top chains are superior, with advanced materials used to ensure smooth sliding properties, tailored to the intended application.

Digital products and tooling design, verification, and manufacturing ensures flatness and values that meet the highest standards. The optimum sliding properties prevent tipping of the products being conveyed. Standardization is possible, making it easy to use standard chains for general conveying, high friction chains with rubber and super grip top for inclines and declines, and chains with rollers for line feeding pallets to reduce backline pressure and noise. The product range allows standardization of case handling conveyors, using the same sprockets, track, return roller, and wear strips.

Characteristics of Flat Top Chains

Flat top chains come in a wide range of materials and styles, including high strength materials, sliding properties and flatness, and standardization options to make it easy to use them for different applications.

• High strength materials: Special materials are available for lubricated and dry running beverage applications, and abrasive applications in glassworks, offering high PV resistance and very low friction.
• Sliding properties: Ever-power developed advanced materials for chains to ensure superior sliding properties, with friction coefficients tailored to the intended application.
• Flatness: Digital products and tooling design, verification, and manufacturing ensure flatness values that meet the highest standards. Together with optimum sliding properties, this helps prevent tipping of the products being conveyed.
• Standardization: Standard chains are used for general conveying of cans, PET, and glass bottles. High friction chains with rubber and super grip top are used for inclines and declines. Chains with rollers are used for line feeding pallets to reduce backline pressure and noise. The product range allows standardization of case handling conveyors, using the same sprockets, track, return roller, and wear strips.

Introduction of Flat Top Chain

Flat top chains, also called flat top chain plates, slat top chains, and tabletop chain plates, are an efficient chain plate used in the glass industry, food industry, wine, and other industries for conveying. They can be made of carbon steel, stainless steel, or galvanized steel for high tensile strength and bearing load.

Compared with a balanced weave belt, flat top chains offer a flat and smooth surface for high-performance conveying, making them ideal for a range of applications. We can supply all kinds of flat-top chains in different specifications and materials, and can customize them according to your equipment and requirements.

Flat Top Chain Plate Type

Flat top chains come in different variations, including straight and side bend flat top chains. The standard flat top chain is not bent and is suitable for linear conveyors, while side bend flat top chains are suitable for bending machines that can be L-shaped, U-shaped, or rectangular.

• Straight flat top chain: Straight chain flat-top chains provide high carrying capacity and smooth surfaces in straight-chain conveyors. They are composed of several regular rectangular chain plates and high pins.
• Side flex flat top chain: Side bent flat top chains are suitable for bending machines, which can be L-shaped, U-shaped, or rectangular. They ensure fast, stable, and stable transportation. There are two types of chain plates for side bent flat-top chains: flat edge chain plate and beveled edge chain plate.

Flat Top Chain Plate with Rubber

Rubber can be assembled at the top or bottom of the flat top chain, improving the high friction of the surface and protecting fragile products from falling. Rubber can be a standard thin rubber layer or a thick elastic polyurethane rubber, and other models can be customized according to customer requirements.

• Rubber on chainplate side: Due to the high friction brought by rubber, it is also known as a high friction top chain plate of rubber top chain plate. Rubber can provide high friction and improve the anti-skid performance of glass bottles and other fragile products.
• Rubber on hinge pin side: Assembling rubber between hinge pins can reduce the friction of hinge pins and prolong the service life of hinge pins. It can also reduce the vibration when transporting products.
• Full wide hinge pin: Hinge pins are commonly assembled in the middle position of the chain plate, but sometimes, the hinge pin is assembled on the whole chain plate width. The wider hinge pin supplies a higher loading capacity for heavy-duty applications.

Applications of Flat Top Chain

Flat top chains are widely used in various industries, including food processing, quick-frozen products, the food industry, soft drinks industry, breweries, glass bottling filling, wire industry, dairy, cheese production, beer production, incline conveying, canning, and pharmaceutical packing.

Other Products Business

In addition to flat top conveyor chains, our company also supplies various plastic gears used in the industry, such as agricultural gearboxes, power output shafts, sprockets, fluid couplings, worm gear reducers, gears and racks, detachable chains, pulleys and pulleys, planetary gearboxes, timing pulleys, bushings, and more. We offer high-quality products at a favorable price and provide considerate service. We welcome customers to come to us for drawing or sample customization.

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