Friday, 13 December 2013

Why should a chain drive be used over a belt or rope driven drive? State pro`s and con`s?


The advantages of using a chain drives are:


> In a chain drive no slip occurrence takes place.


> The chains take less space as compared to rope or belts as they are made of metal and offer much strength.


> The chain drives can be used at both short and long ranges and they offer a high level of transmission efficiency.


> Chain drives can transmit more load and power as compared to belts.


> A very high speed ratio can be maintained in one step of chain drives. 



Some of the cons of using a chain drive are:

> The cost of producing chain drives is higher as compared to that of belts.


> The chain drives must be serviced and maintained at regular intervals and henceforth their cost of ownership is high comparatively.

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