Chains from around the world
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Poole - UK, November
2005: Transdev, the UK’s leading power transmission manufacturer
and distributor now provide chain products from three world-class
manufacturers, allowing its customers more alternatives for
application performance and budget matching. Standard and specialist
chains, sprockets and related components are sourced from German,
Japanese and other Asian manufacturers and fully supported by
Transdev’s complete application support service to provide its
customers with one of the most comprehensive chain ranges available
from one supplier today.
Top of the Transdev range is Wippermann GmbH, Germany’s
number one manufacturer of high quality, high precision steel roller
chains offered in simplex and multiplex forms to both European and
USA standards. Available in pitches from 5 mm to 100 mm with
matching sprockets and accessories, the full range includes a
stainless steel option, special attachments for conveying and parts
handling and a whole host of specialist chain alternatives including
leaf chains, bush chains, easy break chains and silent tooth chains.
Wippermann has ISO 9001 approval and enjoys an enviable
reputation for high-quality and premium customer service with a
commitment to excellence in its research, development, manufacture
and assembly divisions.
For fit-and-forget applications or for cost effective pay-back on
demanding installations, Wippermann 's
"Marathon"
maintenance-free chains offer the maximum in long-life and
maintenance-free performance. Thanks to a unique design with
sintered bushings and specially coated hardened alloy steel,
Marathon chains offer up to thirty five times greater service life
in comparison with standard roller chains without lubrication and up
to five times greater service life in comparison with other
manufacturers maintenance-free chains. Furthermore its precision
manufacture and pore-free coating ensures an excellent sliding
performance.
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third supplier is D.I.D, the leading Japanese chain
manufacturer of specialist environment resistant and long life
chain products. The range includes the LU series with a special
porous film coating, designed to retain lubricant where grease and
oil dispersal is not allowable in applications such as textile
manufacture and food packaging. D.I.D also produces
specialist chains in stainless steel or exotic alloys, nickel
plated finishes and with hard carbide coatings for improved life.
The LD-BL series offers contaminant resistance and five to twenty
times longer operational life than standard chain with its unique
O-ring seal system and is ideal where particle borne or dusty
environments persist such as agricultural machinery or in
construction industry applications.
For budget conscious applications the TYC range brings
ISO 9001 manufacture and "eastern pricing" to the
decision process. TYC are a long established manufacturer
of quality chain with factories in Taiwan, Thailand and China with
a comprehensive range that includes pre-stressed components with
seam orientated bushes, lubricated and ready for use. The full
range includes ISO and ANSI roller chain with many specialist
options including attachment chain, leaf chain, motorcycle chain,
agricultural chain and many other options.
Like all Transdev’s power transmission products, its chain
and chain accessories are backed with comprehensive application
and post sale support including an optional premium 24 hour
service where stock chain products can be replaced and immediate
manufacture and despatch of made-to-order products can be provided
in a machine breakdown situation.
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