HOW TO DIMINISH THE WEAR FOR CHAINS WHICH ARE TIGHT ON THE SPROCKETS

Abstract

The speech in this article is going about the standard bush-roller chain for bicycle, machine-tool or for conveyor. And the chain can be settled in the different spatial position, namely in vertical, horizontal or in the slope. In all these cases we have to stretch the chain periodically because of wear during the operation. For this aim the people apply different contact methods: spring-loaded rollers, flat springs (as a pair of friction), stretchers and so on [2, 3]. But here we describe a new way how to stretch the chain constantly and without any additional pairs of friction at all [1, 2, 3] using only magnet. It simplified design and enhanced the resistance against wear essentially.

Keywords

• Bush-roller chain
• sprocket
• stretchers