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Leveraging over a century of mining/aggregate conveying experience, Tsubaki is proud to offer a market leading portfolio of premium heavy duty feeder/breaker chains. These offerings are each uniquely designed to achieve ultimate durability, predictability and reliability in the most demanding feeder applications.

Custom Flights and Flight Assemblies Available



PINS

• Premium grade alloy steel.
• Heat treated for superior strength and toughness.
  • Core – Through hardened for superior impact resistance.
  • Surface – Induction hardened for extended wear resistance.
• Precision manufactured to maintain high interference fit with sidebars.
• Prevents pin rotation and subsequent sidebar wear.

BUSHINGS

• Premium alloy steel.
• Heat treated for superior strength.
  • Core – Through hardened for toughness/impact resistance.
  • Surface – Case hardened for ultimate/extended wear resistance.
• Precision manufactured to maintain high interference fit with sidebars.
• Favorable residual stresses resist fatigue and allow for extended life.

SIDEBARS

• Alloy or premium grade carbon steel.
• Through hardened for superior strength, toughness and fatigue resistance.
• Induction hardened sidebar edges are also available for extended wear resistance.
• Proprietary manufacturing processes ensure consistent hole quality and precise pitch control.
• High quality hole finish increases fatigue resistance.

TYPICAL APPLICATIONS

• Underground Feeder/Breakers
• Above Ground Feeders/Breaker
• Dozer Trap Style Feeders
• Submerged Flight Systems

COMMON INDUSTRIES
INDUSTRIALS MINERALS
MINING
CEMENT
FERTILIZER
OIL & GAS
POWER GENERATOR

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