Conveyor chain damage

[t2nys]

What causes more damage to a conveyor chain, having a customer reverse over a roller or having a customer hold the break to get the roller past them?

 

[Blanco]

There both the same thing if you think about it. There both putting restriction on the chain/motor in the same direction. Neither is bad for the chain. As for the hydraulic motor maybe a minimal effect that will have nothing to due with its lifespan.

 

[Earl Weiss]

IMO any damage is minimal and any difference less so. There may be more of an "Impact" Factor If there is space between the tire and roller when they reverse.

 

[Wash Dragon]

If it is done hundreds of times, the state with the brakes applied will cause greater damage, but if it is done only a few times, the difference is negligible.

 

[Islandwash]

Regardless of what we do as operators, this is going to happen. Fortunately, most conveyors are Hydraulic drive which has more "give " plus the chain tensioning spring or air cylinders also cushion.

 

[Earl Weiss]

I don't know what degree of worse it would be but if there is space between the tire and roller - driving over the roller forward or bckward has a certain "Impact" aspect as opposed to the constant tension of having it pass under a stopped car.