RUD round link chains
RUD round link chains are durable, robust and suitable for every application in the field of conveyor technology. Thanks to our many years of experience in the areas of forming, welding, heat treatment and surface technology, we know exactly which chain is best suited to your needs.
The new RUD chain grades offer you optimum wear resistance for a long service life. Thanks to the heat treatment, RUD round link chains for conveyor technology are high-strength and low-maintenance compared to other systems.
Depending on the conveyor system, different demands are placed on the round steel chain. Thanks to their many years of experience, our application engineers will find the right solution for your conveying task or problem and the right conveyor chain. With our core competencies such as forming, welding, heat treatment, and surface technology, we ensure that the properties of the chains required for your needs achieve a high, reproducible quality. Even under difficult conditions, you benefit from this and the characteristic advantages of RUD round steel chains become apparent.
New special grades of RUD chains - What has improved in our chain grades?
The RUD round link chain is a central element of many conveyor systems. Thanks to its high-quality properties, it is generally the right and often the only option for handling individual tasks. The advantages over link cable are convincing, as Heribert Herzog, application engineer at RUD Ketten, explains:
"Due to its design, the round link chain already has three-dimensional mobility. This not only makes it flexible in use and resistant to weather influences such as dirt, rain and ice, but also ensures automatic self-cleaning during operation. It is also insensitive to corrosion, remains flexible even when corroded and retains its unrestricted functionality."
This leads toOptimized bending behavior
Your benefitPerfect geometry - smoother running - optimum power transmission of the round steel chain when running over the wheels
This leads tooptimal process control
Your benefit: - a longer service life of the round steel chains - safe operation of your system
This leads toOptimized deformation behaviour of the chain during calibration / optimum mirror formation
Your benefitOptimized running-in behaviour - reduced wear / maintenance costs

Unique heat treatment of RUD round link chains
During production, RUD round link chains undergo a unique heat treatment that gives the round link chains particularly high wear resistance. This offers you a whole range of advantages:
- Highly wear-resistant for a long service life
- High strength due to optimum heat treatment
- Self-cleaning
- Low maintenance in use compared to other systems
- Easy assembly and disassembly of components in the chain strand
RUD Fördertechnik - Plant & mechanical engineering
RUD Fördertechnik - Anlagen & Maschinenbau offers you a wide range of systems, equipment and solutions for your application.
We design and manufacture elevators, continuous conveyors, chain conveyors, bucket elevators or scraper chain conveyors, preferably based on round link chains as a means of traction. If required, we also use link chains and belts.
Our engineers have a broad background knowledge and support you as a competent partner in solving your individual conveying task. On request, RUD Service will visit you on site and support you with the installation, conversion or maintenance of your system/machine.
