ASME_B29.15M-1997.pdf

STD.ASME B29.15M-EN6L19970759b700587282055ASME B29.15M-1997(Revision of ASME B29.15M-1995)STEEL ROLLER TYPECONVEYOR CHAINSATTACHMENTS,ANDSPROCKET TEETHAN AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARDThe American Society ofMechanical Engineersteruction ornrn eitedthouicn trom HSNot for ResaleSTD.ASME B29.15M-EN6L19970759670D587283T91The American Society ofMechanical EngineersA NA ME RI C A NN ATI O N ALSTAN D A R DSTEEL ROLLER TYPECONVEYOR CHAINSATTACHMENTS,ANDSPROCKET TEETHASMB29.15M-1997(Revision of ASME B29.15M-1995)Not for ResaleSTD.ASME B29.15M-ENGL1997075967005872858b4FOREWORD(This Foreword is not part of ASME B29.15M-1997.)Chains of the type covered by this Standard were introduced late in the nineteenthcentury.These chains met with considerable success on material conveyors and elevators.Manufacturers developed and marketed many sizes and types in the following years.In the 1920s,a working group from the producers of these chains was formed tostandardize them.In 1972,a subcommittee of American National Standards Committee B29was appointed with American Chain Association members from the engineering steel chainindustry to expand and update the existing standards.The 1997 revision of this Standard incorporates the new definition of Minimum UltimateTensile Strength(M.U.T.S.),as well as updated sprocket symbols.This revision was approved by the American National Standards Institute on April 17,1997.iCopyright ASME IntemationalNot for ResaleSTD.ASME B29.15M-EN6L19970759b7005872867T0ASME STANDARDS COMMITTEE B29Chains,Attachments,and Sprocketsfor Power Transmission and Conveying(The following is the roster of the Committee at the time of approval of this Standard.)OFFICERSC.B.Norberg.ChairR.H.Uttke,Vice ChairJ.L.Wright,Vice ChairK.M.Padilla,SecretaryCOMMITTEE PERSONNELE.B.Beardslee,Beardslee Transmission Equipment Co.Long Island City,New YorkL.E.Hampel,Allied-Locke Industries,Inc.,Dixon,IllinoisJ.Kane,U.S.Tsubaki Inc.,Holyoke,MassachusettsC.McDonald,Jervis B.Webb Co.,New Hudson,MichiganD.Moore,Jeffrey Chain Co.,Morristown,TennesseeC.B.Norberg.Consultant,Ithaca,New YorkV.D.Petershack,Hitachi Maxco Ltd.,Oconomowoc,WisconsinR.A.Reinfried,Conveyor Equipment Manufacturers Association,Manassas,VirginiaS.Rhoad,Webster Industries,Inc.,Tiffin,OhioK.J.Smith,Drives,Inc.,Fulton,IllinoisR.H.Uttke,Rexnord Corp.Milwaukee,WisconsinJ.L.Wright,Consultant,Indianapolis,IndianaD.N.Zwiep,Worcester Polytechnic Institute,Worcester,MassachusettsNo reproduction or networking permitted without icense from IHSNot for Resale