Articulated chain
AssigneeJoh. Winklhofer & Sohne GmbH and CO.KG
InventorRichard Koschig
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Abstract
An articulated chain comprising chain links interconnected at chain hinges, with each chain hinge comprises a hinge pin and a hinge bearing surrounding said hinge pin, and the hinge pins are provided with a bonded layer on the outer circumferential surface thereof. The hinge bearings are produced from a sintered material, with the bottom of the borided layer, which faces the base material, being provided with teeth.
Claims15
An articulated chain (1), comprising chain links (2,3) interconnected at chain hinges, each chain hinge comprises a hinge pin (5) and a hinge bearing (7) surrounding the hinge pin (5), the hinge pins (5) being provided with a bonded layer (9) on the Outer circumferential surface (10) thereof, the hinge bearings (7) being produced from a sintered material, and the bottom of the bonded layer (9) being provided with teeth (11), with the bottom facing the base material (12), and with the average teeth height (HM) of the teeth (11) lying between 0.25 and 0.5 of the layer thickness (T) of the bonded layer (9).
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