Theme Parks
We have been designing and building chains for theme parks for over 25 years. With our experience in designing and manufacturing chains for some of the leading parks and roller coaster manufacturers, we are in a unique position to offer you either a specially designed chain or an exact equivalents of the original chain supplied with the ride.
Our experience and expertise in designing chains for other industries, particularly the offshore industry has given us a great understanding in supplying chains to suit water ride applications.
We are able to offer chain breaking loads in excess of 1.25MN (300,000lb) by using specialist alloy steels. Our expertise and use of FEA analysis allows us to ensure the chain is able to carry the designed loads throughout its working life, with the minimum factor of safety, which ensures the lowest chain weight thus reducing power requirements and operating costs
Design and Development
We pride ourselves on our attention to detail we take during the design stage of the project to ensure that the customers needs are fully met.
We specifically design the chain to suit the ride, this means that we are able to provided the best load characteristics to fit in the current chain guide envelope.
We are able to produce motion studies that enable us to see the exact loads being experienced by the chain especially with rerad to impact, fatigue and wear.
All chain materails are specifically selected for the application and in order that they operate correctly we carry out full load calculation to ensure the achieve the desired tensile, deflection and contact stress characteristics. In addition we also heat treat the components to ensure the maximum wear life possible.
All chains can undergo a various coating process to increase corrosion resistence and provide lubrication during the bedding in of the chain.