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Re: Plastic Roller Chain

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Originally Posted by ttakashima View Post
The HS chain from VEX has a tensile strength of 50 lbs.
...but don't expect to be able to load it WITH 50 lbs an not have it fail often. Find the definition of "Factor of safety" and use maybe 10 here. Also, compare that number with McMaster's spec on steel #35.
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