A large manufacturer of bottle tops has reduced downtime and increased production after installing Renold Synergy chain. The company manufactures bottle tops and runs its machines 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The firm’s engineers experimented with chain from different manufacturers.  In every case the other chains were lasting no more than six to nine months before needing replacement. The previous chain they used suffered from rapid elongation.  Therefore, regular adjustments had to be made involving the removal of chain links and precious lost production time.

Each time the chain was adjusted or replaced the machinery had to be stopped and productivity was lost.  After advice from a leading U.S. distributor, Renold Synergy chain was installed.  Currently, the Renold Synergy chain has been running for nearly 15 months.  The Synergy chain is showing no signs of wear at all. During this period, machinery has not been stopped once to make adjustments to the chain.  The increased performance of this application is so marked that the company is intending to replace all the chain in its factories with Renold Synergy.