Product Announcements: Silent Chain

As part of our ongoing commitment to product improvement, Ramsey recently completed a multi-year expansion of our product testing and development capabilities. (read more)

Ramsey Silent Chain is used extensively for the transport and handling of glassware. Suitable for hot-end handling, cold-end handling, cross conveying, as well as precision inspection and measuring applications, Ramsey chain is designed and built to satisfy the demanding requirements of today's glass industry (read more)

For customers that prefer a complete silent chain drive solution Ramsey designs and builds chain drive transfer cases. These units are custom built to fit each application so there is no minimum order quantity. Also, because they are custom built, shaft sizes, chain and sprocket selections, lubrication method, and enclosure materials can all be selected for th... (read more)

Ramsey's Hyperlink drives are customized, fully enclosed chain drive solutions built to deliver the exact loads, speeds and drive ratios needed in your application. All Hyperlink drives feature proprietary, high performance RPV, or Rampower , silent chains. (read more)

Ramsey Take Out Arms are complete drive solutions, available to fit most IS machine designs. Because they are designed with high performance RPV chain and sprockets, Ramsey TOAs are often more compact than TOAs from other manufacturers and offer superior performance on today's high speed, IS machines. (read more)

Do you have questions about a chain drive application? Ramsey's technical support team would like to share some of their experiences with successful chain drive solutions. Check out the chain drive case studies on Ramsey's website.The Ramsey team has summarized a variety of applications where silent chain drives have provided successful solutions. www.ramseychain.com/engineeringServices.asp (read more)

Are you satisfied with your conveyor chain life? If not, consider guarding your conveyor with Ramsey ALLGUARD FX™, the newest innovation in wear protected chains (read more)

All silent chains are made up of stacked rows of flat, tooth shaped driving links that mesh with sprockets having compatible tooth spaces, much the way a rack and pinion mesh. Typically, chains will also contain guide links, whose purpose is to maintain proper tracking of the chain on sprockets. (read more)

Ramsey congratulates Mike Akatiff and the Ack Attack race team for establishing a new motorcyle land speed record. On September 26, 2008, the Ack Attack streamliner, powered by Ramsey RPV chain and sprockets, reached a record speed of 360.913 miles per hour ( 580.833 kilometers per hour). (read more)

SC chain can accommodate speeds approaching 6500 fpm and loads in excess of 1000 hp. Utilizing the patented Ramsey roller bearing joint, SC chain is one of Ramsey's most popular industrial chains. (read more)