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A N A M E R I C A N N A T I O N A L S T A N D A R D Flexible Chain Couplings ANSI/ASME B29.23M-1985 REAFFIRMED 1995 FOR CURRENT COMMITTEE PERSONNEL PLEASE SEE ASME MANUAL AS11 SPONSORED AND PUBLISHED BY T H E A M E R I C A N S O C I E T Y O F M E C H A N I C A L E N G I N E E R S United Engineering Center 345 East 47th Street New York,N.Y.1001 7 Copyrighted material licensed to Stanford University by Thomson Scientific(),downloaded on Oct-05-2010 by Stanford University User.No further reproduction or distribution is permitted.Uncontrolled when printed.REAFFIRMED 2004FOR CURRENT COMMITTEE PERSONNELPLEASE E-MAIL CSasme.orgDate of Issuance:June 15,1985 This Standard will be revised when the Society approves the issuance of a new edition.There will be no addenda or written interpretations of the requirements of this Standard issued to this Edition.This code or standard was developed under procedures accredited as meeting the criteria for American National Standards.The Consensus Committee that approved the code or standard was balanced to assure that individuals from competent and concerned interests have had an oppor-tunity to participate.The proposed code or standard was made available for public review and comment which provides an opportunity for additional public input from industry,academia,reg-ulatory agencies,and the public-at-large.ASME does not approve,rate,or endorse any item,construction,proprietary device,or activity.ASME does not take any position with respect to the validity of any patent rights asserted in connection with any items mentioned in this document,and does not undertake to insure anyone utilizing a standard against liability for infringement of any applicable Letters Patent,nor assume any such liability.Users of a code or standard are expressly advised that determination of the validity of any such patent rights,and the risk of infringement of such rights,is entirely their own responsibility.Participation by federal agency representativeb)or person(s)affiliated with industry is not to be interpreted as government or industry endorsement of this code or standard.ASME accepts responsibility for only those interpretations issued in accordance with governing ASME procedures and policies which preclude the issuance of interpretations by individual vol-unteers.No part of this document may be reproduced in any form,in an electronic retrieval system or otherwise,without the prior written permission of the publisher.Copyright 0 1985 by THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS All Rights Reserved Printed in U.S.A.Copyrighted material licensed to Stanford University by Thomson Scientific(),downloaded on Oct-05-2010 by Stanford University User.No further reproduction or distribution is permitted.Uncontrolled when printed.FOREWORD(This Foreword is not part of ANSllASME B29.23M-1985.)This Standard is intended to fulfill the need for control of dimensional specifications for flexible chain couplings with covers that utilize a roller chain or silent chain as the coupling me-dium.Metric equivalents of all dimensions and capacities are given.This Standard was first submitted by the Chain Coupling Committee of the Roller Chain Technical Committee of the American Chain Association and utilizes information supplied by the members as well as the AGMA Standard Nos.510.02,511.02,512.03,513.01,and 515.01 pertaining to flexible couplings.Approval of this Standard was granted by the ASME Standards Committee B29 and the ASME.The American National Standards Institute,Inc.,approved this Standard on April 10,1985.Copyrighted material licensed to Stanford University by Thomson Scientific(),downloaded on Oct-05-2010 by Stanford University User.No further reproduction or distribution is permitted.Uncontrolled when printed.ASME STANDARDS COMMITTEE B29 Chains,Attachments,and Sprockets for Power Transmission and Conveying(The following is the roster of the Committee at the time of the approval of the Standard.)OFFICERS W.R.Edgerton,Chairman C.B.Norberg,Vice Chairman W.R.Daisak,Secretary COMMITTEE PERSONNEL AMERICAN CHAIN ASSOCIATION W.R.Edgerton,Whitney Chain Operations,Dresser Industries,Inc.,Hartford,Connecticut L.Harnpel,Moline Malleable Iron Co.,St.Charles,Illinois J.Lewis,Webster Manufacturing,Inc.,Tiffin,Ohio C.B.Norberg,Morse Chain Division,Borg-Warner Corp.,Ithaca,New York V.D.Petershack,Rexnord Inc.,Milwaukee,Wisconsin AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE R.K.Doak,Rexnord Inc.,Houston,Texas M.Spanhel,Alternate,American Petroleum Institute,Dallas,Texas AMERICAN SOCIETY OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERS G.Worsley,Rexnord Inc.,Dolton,Illinois AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS,THE R.J.Bartow,Clark Equipment Company,Battle Creek,Michigan E.B.Beardslee,Beardslee Transmission Equipment Co.,Long Island City,New York D.N.Zwiep,Worcester Polytechnic Institute,Worcester,Massachusetts CONVEYOR EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION G.F.Plank,Dresser Industries,Inc.,Morristown,Tennessee V.D.Petershack,A/ternate,Rexnord Inc.,Milwauke