A success story continues - Fred Schremser supports FB Ketten

We are your No. 1 for customized and value adding chain-solutions for chain-belt-conveyors, steel-plate-conveyors, scraper conveyors, bucket elevators or transmission chains. FB Chain produces and supplies conveyor chains, sprockets, attachments, chain-rails, shafts and a lot more and offers you tailor made and field-approved-solutions. More than 40 chain-application-technicians in Europe are available to service you on site to improve your chain-application.

Through an optimized chain design, FB Ketten increased the service life of an RDF drag chain conveyor to over 19,000 hours. The result for the Swiss cement plant: €70,000 in savings and maximum process reliability. Endurance Test for Conveyor Tech in the Cement Industry Conveyor chains in cement plants and RDF processing facilities are high-load components that must function reliably under abrasive and moist operating conditions. Their service life directly influences plant availability and thus the cost-effectiveness of the entire process. This practical case shows how significant improvements can be achieved through an optimized chain design. Extreme Stress from Abrasive Refuse-Derived Fuels Conveyor systems for alternative fuels such as plastic granulate typically run in continuous operation. The chains are constantly exposed to mechanical stress, abrasive conveyed materials, moisture, contamination, temperature changes, and insufficient lubrication. For the operators, this means: * High sensitivity to unplanned downtime. * Rising maintenance and spare parts costs due to insufficient chain quality or design, materials, and heat treatment not adapted to conveyor parameters. *…

Eskilstuna Energi & Miljö’s biomass power plant on Kungsgatan in central Eskilstuna has invested in a new reject chipper from FB Kedjor. This is a successful local collaboration in which EEM utilises all of its fuel. Previously, the company had to pay to have fuel removed that was too large and unusable. Torbjörn Bånkestad, maintenance planner at EEM, explains: ”We have fuel that is too large to be burned directly. The material must be chipped into smaller fractions so that we can use it. Wood Chipping and conveying Thanks to the new reject chipper, which FB Kedjor designed, manufactured and installed for us in collaboration with BT Konstruktion, we can shred the wood fuel and transport it directly via chain conveyors. The chipper system consists of a feed table that is loaded with a wheel loader. This is followed by a chain conveyor to the chipper, an FBWRS 10-11V, which is fed from above and shreds the material to the desired size before it falls into a feed screw. The screw conveys the wood chips further into the storage container.” Sustainable solutions that increase profitability…

For many years, FB Ketten has been supplying asphalt-plants with high-quality spare parts for elevators and offering plant audits and wear measurements. For many years, FB Ketten has been supplying asphalt-plants with high-quality spare parts for elevators and offering plant audits and wear measurements. FB Ketten manufactures and distributes ready-to-install * elevator chains (double strand and central chains) * wear-resistant tooth segments and drive-segments * split sprockets and * elevator buckets Lower TCO, higher ROI The focus is on durable and ready-to-install chain solutions and conveyor-optimisation. Field tests of FB111 bucket elevator chains (comparable to ER111) in a gravel plant in Switzerland have shown that FB elevator chains had less chain elongation than competing products. The result is higher plant uptime, lower total cost of ownership (TCO) and, therefore, higher return on investment (ROI). Proven chain solutions for drum drives * Rotary chains * individual teeth for bolting or welding to the drums and * ready-to-install sprockets. Plant audits and wear measurements FB Ketten…

After 29 years of operation, the waste wood recycling plant of the Gigler company was refurbished. Production manager Alexander Schönacher optimized the plant together with HejuTec and FB Ketten. The result: a more efficient and reliable plant. Challenge and objective The refurbishment of the waste wood recycling plant was a demanding task. The objective was to renew the wear components, eliminate bottlenecks in the conveyor system and ensure operational reliability and performance for the next three years through technical optimization. At the same time, it had to be ensured that the work was completed within the planned revision time window in order to keep the production loss as low as possible. Implementation of the renovation A decisive success factor was the close and professional cooperation of the three project partners Alexander Schönacher from Gigler, Jürgen Heinzelmann from HejuTec and FB chain application specialist Mario Fähndrich. The scraper chains, sprockets, bearings and chain wear strips were expertly replaced and the scraper floors lined with wear plates. In addition, targeted optimizations were made to the conveyor system to minimize material flow disruptions and increase the…

After more than 10 years of operation, the slat conveyor chain at a leading Swiss construction company needed to be replaced. FB Ketten is known for customised chain solutions and was also invited to submit a quotation. The customer has a long tradition and attaches great importance to high plant availability. Founded in 1931, the steam roller company has developed very successfully in road construction, civil engineering and tunnelling in the almost 100 years of its existence, operates its own gravel plants and now sees its core competencies in the areas of construction, logistics, environment and digitalisation. Suitable solution required Nothing had to be changed in the design, as the customer was satisfied with the service life of the original equipment chain. This project was therefore about a customised 1:1 replacement at a fair cost. Chain application engineers Daniel Zahnd and Alexander Frankenstein examined the system in detail and submitted a suitable quotation. The FB employees worked very closely with the plant operators from the initial contact, through the on-site inspection to the quotation and order, and paid attention to the customer’s own experience, wishes…