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UK stock · Cut to length · Assembled-in-house specials
Industrial chains & sprockets from UK stock
Sawmill, conveyor and power-transmission chain, plus custom chains, sprockets and gears assembled and customised in Malvern. Stocked in the UK: order by 1pm for same-day dispatch and next-day mainland delivery.
Based in Malvern
Supplying UK industry
UK stock
Same-day dispatch
Made-to-measure chain
Cut to pitch from bulk coil
Bespoke chain, assembled in-house
Sprockets & gears to drawing
Technical support
Speak to specialists
Next-day delivery
Order by 1pm
Industries we supply
Find the chain for your industry
Most people arrive with a machine and a problem, not a part number. Start with your sector. We hold the stock and build the specials.
01
Sawmills & Timber
Deck, transfer, sharp-top and debarker chains for timber lines.
02Packaging
Conveyor chains and sprockets for high-throughput and wire-belt lines.
03Food Processing
Stainless steel and corrosion-resistant chain for washdown environments.
04Agricultural
Durable drive and conveyor chain for harvesting and farm machinery.
05Motorsport
Precision chain and sprockets for performance and specialist builds.
06OEM Machine Builders
Chain, sprockets and gears built to your drawings and specification.
07General Manufacturing
British Standard roller chain and sprockets from stock — plus the full ANSI range.
Product ranges
Stocked, and matched as complete drives
British Standard and ANSI throughout, in steel, stainless steel and heavy-duty, with the sprockets to run them.
Roller chains
BS and ANSI standards, simplex to triplex, plus stainless steel, MEGA stainless steel and heavy-duty ranges, with the full attachment range.
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Conveyor chains
Double-pitch, hollow and solid stud, deep-link and forged-link construction, with matched conveyor sprockets.
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Attachment chain
A, K, SA and SK platforms, wide-contour and extended pins, built to your spacing in Malvern — and the spec stays on file.
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Sprockets
Pilot bore, taper lock and finished bore, hardened where needed, plus bespoke sprockets and gears cut to your drawing.
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The MAXTOP® difference
MAXTOP® specialist ranges — Merley Chains, sole UK distributor
For the jobs standard chain can't do, we're the sole UK distributor for MAXTOP's engineered specialist ranges: sawmill, self-lube, high-strength stainless steel and more.
- Made in MAXTOP's ISO 9001-certified Taiwanese factories
- Consistent, batch-to-batch quality control
- Proven in demanding industrial applications
- Sole UK distributor: Merley Chains
Specialism
The sawmill chain specialists
One of the few UK suppliers focused on timber processing, from stock or built to suit your machine.
- Sharp-top chains
- Round-top chains
- Deck chains
- Transfer chains
- Debarker chains
- Waste conveyor chains
- Deep-link attachments
- Custom timber handling
Designed in Malvern · one point of contact
Custom chains, sprockets & gears
When there's no off-the-shelf answer, we build it. Send a drawing, a photo or the worn part.
- Bent & welded attachments
- Extended & hollow pins
- Special flights
- Non-standard pitches
- Bespoke sprockets
- Bespoke gears
- Chain modification
- Complete drive matching
Interactive tools
Work it out before you call
Two tools from our technical pages. Use them, then send us the result for a quote.
Technical resources
Practical guidance from the workshop
Straight, useful advice to keep drives running, and help you specify the right part first time.
Guide
How to measure roller chain for wear
Check elongation and know the replacement threshold before a chain takes your sprockets with it.
Guide
When to replace chains & sprockets
The signs of wear worth acting on, and why replacing them as a pair pays off.
Guide
Choosing the correct conveyor chain
Matching construction, attachments and material to the job and the environment.
Guide
Chain lubrication guide
Where to put the oil, how much, and which grade, plus when oil is the wrong answer entirely.
Guide
Standard vs heavy-series chain
Same pitch, same breaking load. What the H buys you, and when the swap is right.
All guides
View all technical guides →
Identification, wear, lubrication, drive design, selection and more — plus the chain identifier and drive tools.