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Chaiyapont Techapatrak and Chainarong Srikunwong
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DOI:10.17265/2328-2142/2026.04.003
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok, Bangkok 10800, Thailand
Conveyor chain is one kind of chain which has been used worldwide to transport or carry an object from one place to anywhere on the production line. In fact, a key factor of conveyor chain design is tension on chain link plate which the traditional static design method has not precise and accurate enough for production line has complex and large size. MBD (multi-body dynamic) is a new way to analyze system which static analysis method cannot investigate any problem. This paper aims to apply commercial code software to find tension on chain link plate of conveyor chain by using multi-body dynamics (MBD) simulation method which simple model of chain alignment such as vertical, horizontal and incline alignment is fundamental of complex alignment that apply in rubber gloves industry. Finally, the results obtained from numerical formula and multi-body dynamics (MBD) simulation have an average error less than 7, 5 and 7 percent in horizontal, vertical and incline layout, respectively. Percent error disregards the oscillation effect from increasing the velocity of the conveyor chain while the mathematical formula is not.
Conveyor chain, multi-body dynamics, simulation.
Chaiyapont Techapatrak and Chainarong Srikunwong. (2026). Multi-body Dynamics Simulation of Tension on Chain Link Plate under Basic Conveyor Chain System for Rubber Glove Industry, Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering 14 (2026) 177-187
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