Winners of the king’s award for enterprise 2025 for international trade
Manufacture Leaf Chain and Assemblies
Design and Manufacture Conveyor Chain
Chain Lubrication Systems
Adapted Roller Chain
Latest Chain Articles
How to increase conveyor chain life
If your conveyor chain often runs on metal or plastic wear strips then it’s important to carefully consider both the hardness of the surface...
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 the gripper cha...
How to quickly and easily identify roller chain
I carry around a large number of chain catalogues to help with roller chain identification when I am working at customers’ sites. At first,...
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...
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 contro...
How can I make my ash removal chain last longer?
When specifying a conveyor chain for a corrosive environment, such as wet ash removal at a biomass energy plant, it’s important to consider...
Which roller chain applications are best for the bio...
Which roller chain applications are best for the biomass industry? Biomass facilities rely on being able to consistently generate power...
How to assess roller chain wear
As a general rule, most roller chain drive applications can be considered to be worn out at a length increase of approximately 1.5%. With re...
Are you paying unnecessarily for a changeover option...
At FBkc we’ve done away with the frequently unused changeover option on TMC upender chains for the paper making and tissue converting indust...
Innovative conveyor wear strip design makes maintena...
Polyethylene wear strips are a common sight in many conveyor applications, protecting chains from damage and reducing noise and vibrations –...
Recommended replacement for roller chain
Measure the roller chain for wear elongation If the chain exceeds functional limits, or is greater than 1.5% (0.36 inch per one foot), then...
Could a change of scraper solve your conveyor system...
If you've ever seen the kind of chaos that a failed conveyor flight (or scraper) can cause, then you’ll understand just how much time, effor...
5 ways to reduce the downtime of your conveyor system
Unplanned conveyor system downtime is one of the biggest problems in manufacturing, with the potential to affect everything from l...
Premium quality conveyor chain manufactured in Europe
We design and manufacture conveyor chain, sprockets and associated parts according to customers’ exact requirements using our sister company...
Seven key innovators in the history of industrial chain
Seven key innovators in the history of industrial chain The history of chain dates back thousands of years, although the rapid development o...
How a plastic wear strip can increase the life of yo...
Demanding conveyor environments, such as biomass plants, cement works, pulp and paper factories or sawmills, rely on robust m...
Side plate material selection
The major requirements of a high quality conveyor chain are excellent wear life, optimum strength and consistently high fatigue resistance....
FB Chain keeps wet ash removal conveyor running at U...
FB Chain has worked with EPR Ely for eight years to boost wet ash removal conveyor performance at the straw-fuelled Elean power station in C...
Biomass conveyor chains: 15 years of experience and ...
Through the wider FB Group, we’ve been involved in the European energy-from-waste industry right from its very inception. Now with our dedic...
7 things motor amps tell you about the state of your...
The amount of work the motor has to do to drive the chain conveyor, as indicated by the power it consumes, provides extremely valuable insig...
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.