Great customers often lead to great products! And we have our customers to thank for encouraging us to develop Lifeguard® Extended Pitch conveying chain. Offering all the advantages of standard 1/2" pitch Lifeguard chain, but with fewer moving parts and reduced overall weight, Lifeguard Extended Pitch can prolong chain life and promote smooth product transfer. (read more)
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 Products manufactures a full line of silent chain couplings that are fully interchangeable with chain couplings formerly produced by Morse. Replacements are available for standard Morse silent chain couplings, as well as Morse SA chain couplings. (read more)
Ramsey introduces its latest development in silent chain technology - LifeGuard™ wear resistant chain. LifeGuard chains, patent pending, feature specialized interlocking guard links that prevent pin head wear, reduce the size of gaps between adjacent side places, and minimize chain snagging. These features help to significantly prolong chain life and promote smooth product transfer. (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)
Ramsey engineers have developed a new chain connection system that saves time and greatly reduces the chance of faulty chain connections. The E-Z Link connection uses a grooved pin and snap ring that replaces traditional peened connecting pins. While peened pin connections are widely used, they are time consuming and can lead to connections that are either too loose or too tight. (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)
Ramsey's new and improved Drive Selection Program is now conveniently located online at Ramseychain.com! The Ramsey Drive Selection Program assists specifically with chain and sprocket selection, chain length calculation, and shaft center distance calculation. The program allows the user to develop their unique drive solution and simplify the drive selection process. (read more)
Ramsey's ALLGUARD FX conveyor chain is designed to extend chain life and improve product handling, especially in applications where conveyors run in contact with lateral guides or transfer plates. Using wear resistant links that guard and protect the sides of the chain, ALLGUARD chains run in direct contact with lateral guides, immune to the pin head wear that can destroy typical chains. (read more)
Ramsey's website has a new Chain Finder feature which simplifies chain identification and selection. This tool provides a simple, fast, alternative to searching product catalogs and provides key product information for most of Ramsey's chain products. (read more)
Ramsey Products was recently awarded a patent (# 20040211651) for modular silent conveyor chains. These innovative conveyor chains provide a flat, economical conveying surface that can be easily configured to accommodate a wide range of width requirements. Chains are all driven by silent chain teeth projecting from the underside of the chain. (read more)
In this article, Ramsey Products discusses innovations in conveying chain design that can improve conveyor performance, reduce downtime, and extend operating life. (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)
RP or RamPower series silent chain was designed to operate on sprockets manufactured with an ASME Standard tooth profile. RamPower offers twice the power capacity of SC series chains and speeds up to 7,000 fpm. (read more)
For applications where chains are operated in contact with lateral guides or wear strips Ramsey offers its exclusive ALLGUARD chain. With case hardened side plates that completely cover and protect the side of the chain, ALLGUARD runs flush with lateral guides, immune to the pin head wear that can destroy other chains. (read more)
Silent Chains & Inverted Tooth Chains - Ramsey's RPV line of chain and sprockets redefines high performance for inverted tooth chains. Capable of speeds in excess of 7,000 feet/min and loads of 3,000 HP, RPV offers significantly improved performance over all ANSI Standard Chains. (read more)
Ramsey's Ultralife Chain is used extensively for the transport and handling of glassware. Ultralife chain was designed for use on high speed and high volume production IS machines. Proprietary production techniques provide a link and pin configuration that maximizes contact area to decrease pin wear resulting in improved lifetime of the conveyor chain. (read more)
Duplex Chain is designed for serpentine drives where sprockets must be driven from both sides of the chain. Ramsey manufactures three different series of duplex chain: SC duplex has been around the longest, and is the most economical. (read more)
