FB Chain is giving away a number of limited edition 'gold' professional chain wear gauges to mark the company's 25th anniversary.
Chain wear gauges are used to track chain wear on all types of chain-driven equipment, including forklift trucks. FB Chain's gauge has a patented design with an easy-to-read scale enabling chain elongation – the most common cause of failure – to be measured to within 0.25%.
The gauge is recommended by forklift servicing expert Chas Day of Consolidated Fork Truck Services (CFTS) – the joint venture between the British Industrial Truck Association and the Fork Lift Truck Association.
Day says: "Most chain wear gauges only tell you if a chain is worn or not. Using the FB chain wear gauge makes it easy to decide if a chain could be dangerously worn out before the next service, leading to the equipment being operated hazardously. Whenever I have a Thorough Examination manager's course, I always recommend that the best chain gauge for the engineers to use is the FB gauge. I consider the FB Chain gauge to be the industry standard and, as such, all 340 CFTS member companies use this."
Go to www.chainweargauge.com/win and follow the instructions.