About Marine Anchor Chain

About Marine Anchor Chain

Marine anchor chain refers to a special chain that connects the anchor and the hull and transmits the anchor grip. Often composed of anchor chain links, intermediate links and end links. According to the structure of the link, it can be divided into two types: the stud link anchor chain and studless anchor chain. The strength of the former is larger than that of the latter; according to the manufacturing method, the anchor chain can be divided into a cast steel anchor chain and an electric welding anchor chain. The length of the chain is in knots and the standard length of each chain is 27.5m. The joints are connected by a connecting link or a connecting shackle. Usually the main anchor of each 10,000-ton wheel has a chain length of about 12 knots.

The anchor chain is mainly to connect the anchor and the ship and transmit the anchoring force of the anchor to the hull; when anchoring, the anchor chain has a certain weight, which can play a certain role in the water and other external forces received by the ship. The buffering effect; the anchor chain of the horizontal bottom part maintains the horizontal force of the anchor, which is beneficial to the reliable bottoming of the anchor.