Morse chain, sold & sourced by Dalton Bearing Service
Dalton Bearing Service supplies Morse roller chain, speed reducers, couplings and clutches from our counter at 601 S Glenwood Ave in Dalton, Georgia, and ships them to plants across the region. Morse is a long-standing industrial chain and drive brand, and its parts are on a lot of older equipment in carpet, textile, food and agricultural plants.
We stock and source Morse roller chain in standard, heavy, high strength and specialty versions, along with matching sprockets and connecting links. For drives we handle Morse worm and miter gear reducers, worm speed reducers and couplings. Morse also makes backstop clutches and cam clutches for conveyors and inclined drives where the load must not run back.
If you are replacing a Morse clutch, the closest sister lines today are Formsprag overrunning and sprag clutches, which belong to the same parent company. For chain and sprockets, Browning and Rexnord are also in the same family.
Send us the Morse part number, a photo of the nameplate or chain sidebar, or the pitch, strand count and length. A real person will check stock and get you a price, and if a Morse number is on backorder we will tell you up front and offer a cross-reference.
Morse Chain ownership & history
Morse began in upstate New York in the 1880s and 1890s as a maker of springs and then chain, and built its large Ithaca plant in 1906. Borg-Warner acquired Morse Chain in 1929. In 1983 Borg-Warner sold the Morse industrial business to Emerson Electric, while Borg-Warner kept the automotive timing chain work, which is still BorgWarner's Ithaca operation and a separate company.
Under Emerson, Morse was part of Emerson Power Transmission with Browning, Sealmaster and McGill. Regal Beloit acquired that business, Morse included, effective January 30, 2015, and since October 2021 Morse has been part of Regal Rexnord.
- 1906 Morse Chain builds its Ithaca, NY plant
- 1929 Borg-Warner acquires Morse Chain
- 1983 Emerson Electric acquires Borg-Warner's Morse industrial business
- 2015 Regal Beloit acquires Emerson Power Transmission Solutions, including Morse
- 2021 Regal Beloit becomes Regal Rexnord
Morse lines we stock
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Related brands
- Regal Rexnord BrandsParent company since 2015 (as Regal Beloit)
BrowningSister brand from Emerson Power Transmission
SealmasterJoined Emerson with Morse Industrial in 1983
Formsprag ClutchSister clutch brand in Regal Rexnord since 2023
RexnordSister chain brand since 2021
McGillSister brand
Why buy Morse chain from Dalton Bearing
Dalton Bearing Service has kept plants running from Dalton, Georgia since 1946. We are an independent industrial distributor, not the manufacturer — which means we can quote Morse chain straight from stock or our supplier network and, when a number is backordered or discontinued, offer a checked cross-reference — often from McGill, Sealmaster or Browning. Send a part number, a photo of the nameplate, or just the dimensions, and a real person gets back to you with price and availability, usually the same day.
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