[Syrupmakers] Chains and sprockets

[DBACrownhoney at aol.com]

Cool, that equations what I've been looking for, some way to figure lbs. of  
force.
Thanks Jay and Charles,
 
JT
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 2/19/2008 8:00:57 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
cdeese at hotmail.com writes:


You  need to divide by the radius in feet, ie 3" = 0.25ft.  2500ft lb of  
torque on the mill shaft with a 6" dia. sprocket would be 2500 ft lb divided  by 
0.25 ft = 10,000 lbs of force on the  chain.

Charles
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>  Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 16:56:54 -0800
> From:  rattrapsc at yahoo.com
> Subject: Re: [Syrupmakers] Chains and  sprockets
> To: syrupmakers at syrupmakers.net
> 
> JT,
>  The strengths of std. single roller chain is as
> follows.(according to  GRAINGER) #60 1980lb max.
> working and 9920lb breaking. #80 3300lb max.  working
> and 17,640lb breaking. #100 5070lb max. working and
>  26,460lb breaking. If you divide the max. ft lbs of
> torque expected by  the radius of your final drive
> sprocket, that should be the lbs being  applied to your
> chain.  example : 2500ft lb of torque on mill  shaft
> with 6" dia. sprocket is 3" rad. 2500 divided by
> 3=833lb  on chain. I'm pretty shure that is correct.
> I'm no engineer. If I told  you wrong, perhaps someone
> else will reply.
> Jay
> ---  DBACrownhoney at aol.com wrote:
> 
>> I was wondering if ya'll had  an opinion on chain and
>> sprocket sizes for  
>>  converting a Chattanooga 13 to engine powered. The
>> southernmatters  web site says  
>> to use a 100 size chains, but I went to a  industrial
>> supply store to look  at 
>> some and  they are huge. It just seems like overkill.
>>   
>>  
>>  
>> JT
>> 
>>  
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