process Our round parts department is responsible for making pins, bushings and rollers. This area is fully equipped and capable of holding tolerances to four decimals for a multitude of standard and complex dimensional requirements. Our CNC machines increase our flexibility by reducing lead times for short runs and developing customer-specific pin, bushing, and roller designs quickly without the need for specialist tooling. In contrast, our automatic machines allow us to produce high-volume complex components at optimal efficiencies allowing us to remain competitive without outsourcing to low-cost countries of origin. In the rare case that our G7 PerforMax ™ bushings aren’t what the customer requires we have the ability to manufacture sizes 40 through 160 on our own specially-designed curling equipment. The equipment was developed and manufactured by Tsubaki and is able to produce roundness that can be better than a machined component. Whether attachment or standard, all roller and pin link plates for our products are manufactured in our pressroom where over 20 presses ranging from 15 to 500 tons work to pierce, blank, or form steel plates from thicknesses of 0.050” to 0.500”.
Our press capacity, along with the tooling that we mentioned in our toolroom, ensures that we have the most flexible and highest quality plate production in the country. Our toolroom capabilities help us to create blanking and forming designs quickly to launch new products faster than our competition.
None of this would matter, of course, without the highest quality steel. Continuing to manufacture our roller chain in the United States allows us access to USA-made steel ordered to the highest purity standards with specific-controlled chemistry. When coupled with our state-of-the-art manufacturing processes this high-grade steel completes the formula that produces the industry’s finest roller chain.
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