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Product category: Chains and belts
News Release from: Renold Chain | Subject: Transmission chain selector system
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial Team on 17 May 2000

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Intelligent software for accurately determining the correct size of transmission-chain has been developed by Renold Chain and is now freely available on the company's web site

Intelligent software for accurately determining the correct size of transmission-chain has been developed by Renold Chain and is now freely available on the company's web site at www.renold.com No downloads or user-registrations are necessary and the fast-loading chain-selector is ready to run almost immediately

The program is very simple to use and requires only minimal data on the user's application in order to make it's calculation.

Any missing data is assumed by the program and an optimum chain size, with design recommendations, is then given.

The final report provides important statistical data on such things as: predicted wear-life, fatigue-life, peak-loads, and breaking-loads etc.

It will also warn engineers if the parameters they have entered would result in premature chain failure and, if required, will then calculate a safe alternative option.

Engineers are able to experiment with what-if scenarios by changing chain sizes to see the effect it would have on key factors such as wear life and breaking loads.

Finally, the program will print a report, with design recommendations, including a line drawing of the most suitable chain for the user's application.

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