Product Announcements: Cable Carriers

igus^® announced the results of its third global vector award competition during this year's Hanover Industrial Fair. The winning applications, which included a loading/unloading press, a pump on a rotating bridge and an edge-banding machine, received awards at a special ceremony. (read more)

Triflex^® R cable carriers are designed for 6-axis robotic applications where cables need to be guided in all three dimensions and around complex configurations. The robot cable carriers are simple to install and minimize downtime. igus offers free design consultation and samples. (read more)

igus® would like to share the first-ever case study about Guidelok, a horizontal guiding system designed to stop metal chips from causing abrasion and wear in long travel cable carrier applications. Tornos Gurutzpe S.A., a multinational machine-tool manufacturer, uses Guidelok on its CNC-turning machines because the cable carriers are, "rugged, rigid and reliable." (read more)

Guidelok SL is designed for vertical cable carrier applications operating on storage-and-retrieval units in high-bay warehouses, as well as elevators and material-handling equipment. Compact and easy to install, even when being retrofitted into an existing system, it allows safe energy and data supply in warehouses, deep-freeze storage units, crane systems, or power stations. (read more)

igus® has announced its continued commit to offering standard, off-the-shelf products with no minimum order. The company retains 95 percent of its product in stock, including Energy Chain® cables carriers, Chainflex® continuous-flex cables, iglide® plastic bushings, iglide PRT slewing rings, igubal® spherical bearings, and DryLin® linear bearings, guides and slide tables. (read more)

igus^® has redesigned its System E6 Energy Chain^® cable carrier best known for its robust, low-vibration and low-noise operation. The second generation, System E6.1, is even easier to assemble and weighs up to 37 percent less than its predecessor, which makes it suitable for a wider variety of applications. (read more)

Design features include:

• Multi-dimensional movement
• High tensile strength thanks to ball-and-socket joints
• Easy assembly, installation and maintenance
• Small bending radii
• Optional fiber rod for spring loading

Typical industries and applications:

• Robotics / automation
• Machine tools<...

For a much longer life of cable carriers in gliding operation, KABELSCHLEPP offers detachable, replaceable glide shoes. Replaceable glide shoes are a very economical solution. In case of wear, only the glide shoes are exchanged and not the complete cable carrier. (read more)

Tests show igus Energy Chains significantly reduce drive power - Cable carrier systems not only transport energy, data and media to various types of machines, but also greatly influence energy costs. To keep energy costs low, one important consideration is the amount of pull-push, or driving force, that is required at a given speed to move the cable carrier. Secondly, (read more)

KabelSchlepp's dynamic cable and hose managements solutions are designed to safely organize, guide and protect pneumatic and hydraulic hoses, as well as power and signal cables that move in linear, multi-axis, circular and 3D movements providing a constant supply of power and control from a static fixed point to a moving mechanism. (read more)