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Chain Technology Glossary – Terms & Chain Components

 

Chain technology covers a wide range of technical terms, components and engineering principles. In the iwis Chain Technology Glossary, you will find clear explanations of key terms relating to roller chains, drive chains, conveyor chains, sprockets and chain components.

From breaking strength, wear and lubrication to chain pitch, chain design and condition monitoring, our glossary provides practical technical knowledge for industrial drive and conveyor technology. It supports engineers, designers and maintenance professionals in selecting, designing and operating reliable chain systems.

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Accumulation conveyor chain Accumulation roller Acid resistance Additive Manufacturing Agricultural machinery Alloying ANSI standard Attachment Attachment plate Axle space
B
b.dry Chains b.smart b.triton Baler chain Bearing pressure Biplanar chain Block chain Breaking load Bucket elevator chain Bush Bush chain Bush chain – Automotive: simplex and duplex
C
Can conveyor chain Cast steel chain Catalogues CCM CCM-S CF b.dry Chain design Chain drive Chain Drive Calculation Program Chain link Chain puller Chain slack (Slack) Chain tension force Chain tensioner Chain tools Chemical resistance CLA Coating Condition Monitoring Connecting link Connecting link cotter pin type Conveyor chain Corrosion protection Corrosion-protected chains Corrosion-resistant chain / CR chain Corrosion-resistant chains Cranked chain link
D
Direct Hybrid Manufacturing Distance Double (cranked) link Double (cranked) link Double pitch chain Duplex chain
E
ecoplus Elevator chain ELITE ELITE initial lubricants Elongation Eurochain (EC)
F
Fatigue strength Feeder chain Finger and parts protection Flanged roller FLEXON Food-safe Fretting corrosion
G
Gathering chain Grip chain Guide rail
H
Handbook for Chain Engineering Hardening Heavy Series (H) High-temperature lubricant Hoist chain Hollow pin chain Hybrid Attachments Plates
I
InduKet Initial lubricant Initial lubrication Inner (link) plate Inner link Intermediate (link) plate Intermediate carrier chain Inverted tooth chain IP initial lubricants
J
JWIS Roller chains
L
Leaf chain Length tolerance Lifetime Lifting application Loaded half Long-life lubricant Low-friction running roller Low-maintenance Lubrication spray
M
Maintenance-free Mechanical tensioner MEGAlife chain I MEGAlife II Chains MEGAlife roller chains Modular belt MULTI.PRESS Multiflex chain Multiple strand connecting link Multiplex roller chain
N
Number of links
O
Outer link Outer link plate
P
Pallet transporting chains Pin Pin extractor Pin Oven Chain (POC) Plate end link Plate top conveyor chain Push-Pull chains
Q
Quality assurance
R
Relubrication Riveting Roller chain Roller chain – Automotive: simplex and duplex Rubber-topped roller chain
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Safety-critical application Sealed chain Seamless bush Short pitch chain Shot peening Shouldered pin Shouldered pin Simplex chain (Single chain) SL chain Spring connecting link Sprocket Sprocket – Automotive Stainless / Rust-resistant Stainless steel chain Stainless steel chain / CF chain Straight attachment plate Straight sided plate
T
Tensioning and guide rails Transmission chain Triplex chain Tube conveyor chain
U
U-shaped attachment Units and Modules Unloaded half
W
Waisted plate Wear Gauges
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