New Schuco slat-band conveyor from Autarky Automation cuts installation and maintenance costs

Traditional chain conveyors generally use connecting pins to hold sections together. Over time, these pins can wear, loosen and fall out, causing the conveyor chain to break. By comparison, the new CSFL uses an innovative design of interlocking plastic sections with multiple links, which simply snap together yet remain securely in place, both when the chain is running under tension and slack.

This method of connection makes it quick and simple to assemble and disassemble chains, without the need for tools. Perhaps as importantly, the design of the new CSFL enables it to be used in applications where the chain follows a circular route, or where it has to rise and fall, with the interlocking links ensuring that load and tension are distributed far more evenly across the width of the chain, minimising wear and allowing tight radii to be achieved.

The new CSFL chain is manufactured from high performance plastic, offering the strength and stability of conventional steel-reinforced chain, but without weight penalties or the need for regular lubrication. In addition, the chain combines low friction characteristics with excellent resistance to wide fluctuations in temperature, and is available from Autarky Automation with an extensive choice of accessories and profiles for framework and guarding.