RF Conveyor Chain Installation and Layout 15. Life of RF Conveyor Chain and Sprocket 16. RF Conveyor Chain Check Points 17. After a certain period of time, wear will eventually appear on the chain and sprocket. The life of conveyor chain depends on the wear of each component part and on pitch elongation.
Careful inspection is required more often than for power transmission roller chain.
The life of the conveyor chain component parts is shown below. Tsubaki recommends that periodic inspections of the wearing parts are conducted and that care be taken to ensure that proper maintenance is carried out. Also, a schedule for changing the chains should be established. When wear between the rail, bushing and roller causes the under surface of the link plate to contact the rail, the chain has usually reached the end of its usability. As shown in Fig.