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How To Identify Pintle Chain
Pintle chain is one of the oldest chain styles that is still in production and in-use today. It's high-strengths and inexpensiveness makes it the chain of choice for many applications all around the world. Because most pintle chains offer such and extended service life it is easy for part numbers to be made unreadable, or depending on the manufacture the part number may not be put on the chain to begin with. Below we will show you how to identify pintle chains based on their class/ series.To identify the chain simply check the dimensional information then line up each dimension with the size on the chart. Note if none of the below pintle chains match-up to the size you have please contact us and we will be happy to assist you.
Identify 600-Class Pintle Chains:
| Chain Size | Pitch (P) | Ultimate Strength | Sidebar Height (B) | Sidebar Thickness (C) | Pin Diameter (D) | Weight |
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1.664" | 12,500 LBS | 0.720" | 0.125" | 0.281" | 1.05 LBS/ FT |
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2.313" | 14,000 LBS | 0.875" | 0.125" | 0.312" | 1.17 LBS/ FT |
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2.250" | 23,000 LBS | 0.938" | 0.170" | 0.437" | 1.86 LBS/ FT |
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2.250" | 28,000 LBS | 1.050" | 0.225" | 0.465" | 2.8 LBS/ FT |
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2.250" | 20,600 LBS | 0.937" | 0.170" | 0.375" | 1.81 LBS/ FT |
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2.609" | 29,000 LBS | 1.063" | 0.200" | 0.437" | 2.3 LBS/ FT |
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2.609" | 38,000 LBS | 1.138" | 0.252" | 0.500" | 3.32 LBS/ FT |
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2.609" | 38,000 LBS | 1.138" | 0.252" | 0.500" | 3.32 LBS/ FT |
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3.075" | 52,000 LBS | 1.500" | 0.315" | 0.625" | 5.65 LBS/ FT |
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4.000" | 50,000 LBS | 1.500" | 0.310" | 0.625" | 5.5 LBS/ FT |
Identify 400-Class Pintle Chains:
| Chain Size | Pitch | Ultimate Strength | Pin Diameter (E) | Sidebar Height (F) | Barrel Diameter (H) | Weight |
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1.375" | 7,800 LBS | 0.31" | 0.75" | 0.56" | 1.4 LBS/ FT |
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1.603" | 7,800 LBS | 0.31" | 0.75" | 0.62" | 1.5 LBS/ FT |
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1.506" | 9,100 LBS | 0.38" | 0.84" | 0.69" | 2.0 LBS/ FT |
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1.630" | 9,490 LBS | 0.38" | 0.84" | 0.62" | 1.9 LBS/ FT |
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1.634" | 11,700 LBS | 0.44" |
0.94" |
0.72" | 2.5 LBS/ FT |
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2.308" | 12,480 LBS | 0.44" | 1.00" | 0.72" | 2.0 LBS/ FT |
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2.609" | 14,300 LBS | 0.44" | 0.94" | 0.88" | 2.9 LBS/ FT |
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3.075" | 28,600 LBS | 0.75" | 1.50" | 1.25" | 5.7 LBS/ FT |
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4.060" | 33,000 LBS | 0.81" | 1.75" | 1.72" | 8.5 LBS/ FT |
Identify 700-Class Pintle Chains:
| Chain Size | Pitch | Ultimate Strength | Pin Diameter (E) | Sidebar Height (H) | Barrel Diameter (D) | Weight |
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6.00" | 28,600 LBS | 0.690" | 1.500" | 1.380" | 4.2 LBS/ FT |
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6.00" | 6,000 LBS | 0.875" | 2.220" | 1.465" | 1.5 LBS/ FT |
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6.00" | 40,000 LBS | 0.750" | 1.560" | 1.440" | 5.2 LBS/ FT |
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6.00" | 42,000 LBS | 0.750" | 1.560" | 1.440" | 6.2 LBS/ FT |
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6.00" | 33,000 LBS | 0.562" | 1.620" | 1.880" | 3.9 LBS/ FT |
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6.00" | 33,000 LBS | 0.569" | 1.891" | 1.578" | 3.9 LBS/ FT |
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5.844" | 19,000 LBS | 0.453" | 1.453" | 1.219" | 2.2 LBS/ FT |
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6.00" | 40,000 LBS | 0.750" | 1.750" | 1.500" | 6.0 LBS/ FT |
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6.00" | 40,000 LBS | 0.750" | 1.750" | 1.500" | 6.3 LBS/ FT |
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2.609" | 22,750 LBS | 0.560" | 1.190" | 0.880" | 4.6 LBS/ FT |
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6.00" | 6,000 LBS | 0.93" | 2.03" | 1.44" | 1.5 LBS/ FT |
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6.00" | 6,500 LBS | 0.932" | 2.250" | 1.438" | 1.6 LBS/ FT |
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6.00" | 33,000 LBS | 0.569" | 1-37/64" | 1.024" | 3.9 LBS/ FT |
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5.844" | 19,000 LBS | 0.453" | 1-7/32" | 0.882" | 2.2 LBS/ FT |
Identify 800-Class Pintle Chains:
| Chain Size | Pitch | Ultimate Strength | Barrel Diameter (B) | Barrel Length (C) | Sidebar Height (F) | Weight |
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6.00" | 204,800 LBS | 2.38" | 3.88" | 3.13" | 30.0 LBS/ FT |
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6.00" | 84,600 LBS | 1.75" | 3.50" | 2.13" | 14.1 LBS/ FT |
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6.00" | 140,600 LBS | 1.75" | 3.50" | 2.06" | 16.2 LBS/ FT |
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6.00" | 124,000 LBS | 2.00" | 3.50" | 2.25" | 17.0 LBS/ FT |
Identify 900-Class Pintle Chain:
| Chain Size | Pitch | Ultimate Strength | Maximum Working Load | Weight |
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3.170" | 32,500 LBS | 5,000 LBS | 12.2 LBS/ FT |