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How a plastic wear strip can increase the life ...
How a plastic wear strip can increase the life of your conveyor chain Demanding conveyor environments, such as biomass plants, cement works, pulp and paper factories or...
Seven key innovators in the history of industri...
Seven key innovators in the history of industrial chain The history of chain dates back thousands of years, although the rapid development of industrial chain came towards the end...
Fabio Perini vs FBkc overhead flight chain: Whi...
Fabio Perini vs FBkc overhead flight chain: Which is a better choice? Fabio Perini may be the global leader in equipment for the paper making and tissue converting industries, but...
Roller Chain inspection check-list
Another FB Chain speciality is our ability to manufacture high-quality sprocket segments. Split sprocket solutions can save large amounts of downtime when it comes to replacing lar...
Why measure roller chain?
Roller chain is a precision made item that is manufactured to very tight tolerances. When it is first manufactured, the chain can be wrapped around the sprocket and the rollers wil...
Are the welded pins and bushes on your conveyor...
Are the welded pins and bushes on your conveyor chain up to scratch? Industrial conveyor systems are frequently required to operate in arduous and demanding conditions. When the pe...
New custom chain for log stackers improves serv...
New custom chain for log stackers improves service life The wood and paper industries have some of the most arduous applications for industrial chain. And a particular challenge is...
Three simple ways to take the weight out of you...
Three simple ways to take the weight out of your conveyor chain Conveyor chain is used in a wide variety of arduous and highly demanding applications – from the transport of...
Roller chain sprocket wear
Roller chain sprocket wear Once a sprocket has worn, it can cause rapid chain wear and will need to be replaced at the first available opportunity. Replace it too early, however, a...
FB doubles the service life of Swiss biomass CH...
FB doubles the service life of Swiss biomass CHP plant’s chain conveyor Biomass combined heat and power (CHP) plant IWB Basel in Switzerland was unhappy with the service...
Reduce conveyor downtime with INNO wooden flights
Reduce conveyor downtime with INNO wooden flights One of the most common causes of chain conveyor standstill is deformed steel scrapers. Due to the often inherently heavy nature of...
Welded conveyor chain – the benefits
FB conveyor chains with welded pins and bushes offer high durability against shock loads and tensile strengths that are 30% higher than ISO Standard conveyor chains commonly found...
Are you paying unnecessarily for a changeover o...
Are you paying unnecessarily for a changeover option on your TMC upender chain? At FBkc we’ve done away with the frequently unused changeover option on TMC upender chains for the p...
Side plate material selection
The major requirements of a high quality conveyor chain are excellent wear life, optimum strength and consistently high fatigue resistance. In order to achieve such benefits we pre...
Why choose FBkc over TMC overhead flight belts?
Why choose FBkc over TMC overhead flight belts? TMC may be the big-name brand in equipment for the paper making and tissue converting industry, but we’re giving them some healthy c...
5 key questions to ask the manufacturer when so...
5 key questions to ask the manufacturer when sourcing industrial chain To determine what your industrial chain will cost you, which is different to the purchase price, you need to...
6 sprocket solutions to reduce conveyor system ...
6 sprocket solutions to reduce conveyor system downtime Conveyor chains are frequently required to operate in arduous and challenging environments, from the transport of biomass fu...
Why induction harden conveyor chain?
Induction hardening is a form of heat treatment where carbon steel part is heated by induction heating and then quenched. This highly controllable method is consistently repeatable...
Could a change of scraper solve your conveyor s...
Could a change of scraper solve your conveyor system downtime issues? If you’ve ever seen the kind of chaos that a failed conveyor flight (or scraper) can cause, then you’ll...
Biomass conveyor chains: 15 years of experience...
Biomass conveyor chains: 15 years of experience and counting Through the wider FB Group, we’ve been involved in the European energy-from-waste industry right from its very inceptio...
The FB Chain Wear Gauge is a tool that accurately measures leaf chain and roller chain wear and indicates the percentage of elongation so you know when it's time to replace your leaf chain safely.