Cable
Special Design award goes to pneumatic hand - Robot hand uses Zipper-style cable carriers from igus
Louisiana Robotic Machines has developed an innovative, all-pneumatic robot hand that uses Zipper-style cable carriers in its finger joints. The design won the “Special Design” award in the igus® vector® 2012 competition, which sought to honor those implementing polymer cable carriers in unique and challenging ways. |
Winners of cable carrier competition
162 entries from 27 countries competed for vector awards 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. igus received 162 vector entries from 27 different countries. Contestants hailed from the US, Canada and Europe, to China, India, Korea, Singapore, and Brazil. |
E4-350, igus’ largest-ever Plastic Drag Chain
The E4-350 is igus’ largest-ever plastic drag chain, “System E4/4”, a robust drag chain for unsupported, side-mounted applications, and various Chainflex® continuous flex cables, which are optimized for use inside Energy Chain® drag chains. |
igus retains 95 percent of its products in stock
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. |
Newly designed cable carrier
System E6.1 Energy Chain weighs 37 percent less than its predecessor 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. |
Safe travels for CNC-turning machine, Machine-tool manufacturer one of first to implement new cable carrier system
igus® offers Guidelok, a horizontal guiding system designed to stop metal chips from causing abrasion and wear in long travel cable carrier applications. Guidelok holds a cable carrier’s upper and lower runs apart over long distances when they would normally glide on top of one another. This means metal debris cannot settle between the two runs and cause abrasion. |
Continuous-flex cables with no minimum order or cut charges
igus®’ Chainflex® continuous-flex cables were first developed in 1989 with the goal of eliminating failures such as corkscrewing, core ruptures and insulation damage. Fast forward 23 years, igus is still offering cables for high-cycle applications with no-minimum order requirement and no cut charges (up to 10 cuts of the same part number). While many cable suppliers require 250-foot, 500-foot, or even 1,000-foot minimums, igus offers its entire line of Chainflex cables at any length for customers large and small. |
New cable carrier catalog
A new catalog for igus®’ lines of Energy Chain® cables carriers and Chainflex® continuous-flex cables is now available. The latest edition features a completely revamped, easy-to-use layout and a number of either new or expanded product lines. |
Safe Vertical Movement – New cable carrier system eliminates need for troughs
Cable carrier expert, igus®, has launched Guidelok Slimline (SL), a system designed to safely guide cables at heights up to 262 feet. 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. |
Twisting through three thousand degrees
New cable carrier for circular movements in small spaces
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