The Perfect Chain for Every Application - The Iwis Chain Calculation Program
Munich, Germany, September 2008. High-performance chain manufacturer Iwis has developed a chain calculation program. Available with an English user interface, the software assists users in calculating chain drive configurations and selecting suitable chains for their application.
Industrial chain drives include conveying chains as well as driving chains for transmitting power and motion between parallel shafts and for controlling both static and dynamic loads. The new software can be used to calculate the required chain size and strength required for each application. Using variables such as drive power, chain loads in each chain section in conveying applications, bearing friction and frictional forces between chain and tensioning or guide rails, the program suggests a suitable chain that fulfils the user's requirements regarding durability, running characteristics, lubrication, dynamic behaviour and operating speed.
Users of the program can access a chain database, which contains all calculation and performance parameters for Iwis precision chains and for standard chains including DIN 8187, DIN 8188 and ISO 606. The program is regularly updated with program enhancements and with new findings in chain theory and from practical testing. The current version of the software is available free of charge.
Company information:
Headquartered in Munich, Germany, the Iwis Group is one of the world's leading suppliers of precision chain systems for power transmission and product conveying applications. While subsidiary Iwis Motorsysteme GmbH & Co KG provides engine timing drives for the automotive industry, Iwis Antriebssysteme GmbH & Co KG supplies a wide range of precision roller and conveyor chains as well as accessories for industrial applications, including machine and plant construction, material handling systems and the packaging, printing and food industries. Still run as a family business - now in its fourth generation - Iwis today employs about 1,100 people at its three production sites in Munich, Strakonice in the Czech Republic and the Bavarian town of Landsberg am Lech. The Flexon GmbH - acquired by the Iwis group in 2006 and based in Wilnsdorf, Germany - specialises in roller, flyer and special-purpose chains as well as chains for agricultural machinery and accessories. With subsidiaries in the United Kingdom and Switzerland and further sites in France, the USA, Brazil and China, the Iwis group has a global presence, supplying customers and partners in more than 45 countries.
Contact in the USA:
Iwis Drive Systems, LLC
3902 Hanna Circle, Suite F
Indianapolis, IN 46241
Tel: 317 821 3539
Fax: 317 821 3569
E-mail: sales@iwisusa.com
Internet: www.iwisusa.com
Contact in Germany:
Iwis Antriebssysteme GmbH & Co KG
Albert-Rosshaupter-Str. 53
D-81369 Muenchen, Germany
Tel.: 0049 (0)89 76909 1150
Fax: 0049 (0)89 76909 1229
E-Mail: sales@iwis.com
Internet: www.iwis.com
PR Contact:
TPR International
Christiane Tupac-Yupanqui
Hermann-Löns-Weg 57
D-69207 Sandhausen, Germany
Tel.: 0049 (0)6224 172751
Fax: 0049 (0)6224 172752
E-mail: c.tupac@tradepressrelations.com
Internet: www.tradepressrelations.com
