As the food and beverage industry places increasing emphasis on safety, efficiency, and hygiene in power transmission, Gates®, a renowned manufacturer of drive belt solutions and the original inventor of the V-belt, is leading the way with a ground-breaking innovation. The Poly Chain® GT™ Carbon™ synchronous...
When Diamond® Chain was acquired by leading industrial manufacturer Timken in 2019, it already had an extensive history at the heart of countless revolutionary innovations. Among these were in Henry Ford’s first automobile drive assembles, and the Wright Brothers’ debut flying machine. Flash forward to today’s...
When conveying material, it is often necessary to attach additional conveyor belt products, such as a scraper or flaps, or extend flighting between a pair of parallel chains. In food and beverage (F&B) systems, these can be necessary to ensure the product flows to the right area in the process. And in order to attach these products to a system, often a roller chain attachment will be implemented.
The Gates Corporation has engineered a power transmission belt that is lighter, cleaner and completely removes maintenance costs compared with roller chain. Roller chains play a vital role in industrial machinery, commonly used for power transmission on drives. However, certain aspects of a roller chain’s metal composition can...
