How much is your roller chain really costing you? When purchasing a new roller chain, it can be tempting to look primarily at the upfront cost. You simply choose the best price, buy a whole bunch...

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, and you could be incu...

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 regular use, some chain wear will eventually occur which will...

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 levels...

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, glance, tryi...

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 inception. Now with our dedi...

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 performance of your...

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 sawmills, rely o...

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 life of the...

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 understand just how...

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 of the Industrial Re...

How can I prevent conveyor sprockets from clogging? FB Chain offers specially designed anti-clog conveyor chain sprockets with self-cleaning grooves to prevent loose, moist material from clogging up t...

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 in the marketplace....

FB Chain keeps wet ash removal conveyor running at UK’s first straw-fuelled biomass plant FB Chain – and now FBkc – has worked with EPR Ely for eight years to boost conveyor performance at the straw-f...

Which roller chain applications are best for the biomass industry? Biomass facilities rely on being able to consistently generate power round the clock, 24/7. However this need for continual...

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 FB Ke...

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 and significantly i...

How adjustable sprockets reduce the downtime of industrial conveyors Every component of a conveyor system, from chains to sprocket wheels to attachments, needs to be designed to achieve the optimum ba...

If your conveyor chain often runs on metal or plastic wear strips then it’s important to carefully consider both the hardness of the surfaces and the finished condition of the conveyor chain link plat...

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 paper making and tiss...