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News feature: Bolt ‘n’ Go Chain & Flight System

explanation and case Study

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Bolt ‘n’ Go Chain
& Flight System
T
he Bolt ’n’ Go chain
and flight system is a
revolutionary assembly
method for drop forged and
round link conveyor chain
systems. The link and flight
assembly is made easier by
attaching the flight to the chain
link using a standard bolt and
nut, with a high case hardness
and high tensile hollow
pin. Traditional chain
systems have used pins
and circlips.
The problem with this
system is that during any
maintenance repairs on
the chain, the whole chain
would have to be lifted out
of the conveyor to conduct
repairs. This results in large
down time in production and
high maintenance costs.
With the Bolt ‘n’ Go system,
to conduct repairs such as
to change flights or pins can
be done inside the conveyor,
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without even taking the tension
out of the chain. Instead of
welded flights, we are using
bolt on flights, and again these
can easily be changed without
any fuss.
A n o t h e r p ro b l e m w i t h
traditional systems using pins
and circlips, is that circlips can
come off in some circumstances,
causing the chain to become
disconnected,
and again
downtime. With the
Bolt ‘n’ Go system, the pins,
chain and
flights
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are secured using a secured lock T h e y h ave s e ve r a l d r a g
nut, which securely holds the conveyors, which use drop-
system together in a consistent forged chain, with the traditional
manner, but also facilitating pin and circlip assembly. While
easy and safe removal when this has proved a reliable
required. assemble method for them,
it has proved time consuming
One of the first installations
to use this system was in when changing out bent or
November of 2006 at CHS, broken chain flights.
Superior, WI. The facility B i l l H o f f e r, h e a d o f
handles several commodities, m a i n t e n a n ce s a i d o f t h e
which include whe at and system “ We installed 4B’s
soybeans at the rate of around new Bolt ‘n’ Go chain, and I
1.0 million tons per am pleased with the results.
annum. The Bolt ‘n’ Go chain is very
easy and fast to install and
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With the Bolt ‘n’ Go system,
to conduct repairs such as to change
flights or pins can be done inside the
conveyor, without even taking the
tension out of the chain
maintain, as you eliminate the
need to separate the chain
each time while inst alling
a new flight . Also there is
no need to slacken of the
chain or re -tension while
changing flights. This alone
will save untold hours on the
routine maintenance of these
conveyors” He goes onto to
say “the Bolt ‘n’ Go system has
been in service for well over
12 months, is running great
and no problems”.
The Bolt ‘n’ Go chain system
is available for 102, 125, 142, 150,
160 and 200mm heavy metric link
ranges. The system uses heavy-
duty Nylon flights, which bolt
straight through the pins, with
no need to bolt on or slide over
existing steel flights. The Nylon
flights also have excellent
wear, streng th and
resistance capabilities.
The Bolt ‘n’ Go pin /
bolt assembly system
can also be used
with the traditional
welded flight
system, to replace the
traditional pin and circlip
arrangement.
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This like the bolt n go flight
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The Bolt ‘n’ Go system is
also available for round link
chain, whereby the system
wo r k s u n d e r a s i m i l a r
sys te m of ny lon f light s
being bolted directly to the
chain, in this case without
pins.
The Bolt ‘n’ Go system is
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