Applications Lube-free drive chain - 1. Sugar refinery bucket elevator
Chain use
- ・Lambda chain RS140-LMD-1
Applications
Sugar refinery bucket elevator
Lambda Chain is used in the drive units of bucket elevators for raw sugar materials. (indoor use)
Advantage
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・Application challenges
The previous installation used RS140-1, which cannot be lubricated, as it was used in the raw sugar material conveying system, requiring chain replacement every several months.
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・User assessment
Changing to Lambda Chain resulted in one-year longer life. The conveyed items and equipment are free of oil from the chain and kept clean. This eliminated frequent replacement work and realized significantly reduced man-hours and costs, giving complete s