Plate-top chains are a hybrid of steel roller chains and plastic plates – an ingenious way of combining the advantages of both materials. Plate-top chains use specially adapted high-quality rollers for tensile force transmission. The product load is borne by plastic flights custom-designed for the respective application, enabling the dry-running characteristics of a plastic-to-plastic pairing.
Plate top chains fitted with steel top plates are designed for abrasive and heavy-duty or high-temperature conditions. 1874 and 1864- series, with “snap-on” plastic top plates, combine the benefits of a plastic conveying surface with a precision roller base chain: less slip-stick, high working load, and accurate positioning; the replaceable top plates are clipped onto the protruding pins.