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Chainflex®

...cables...

Chainflex® Continuous-flex cables from

for use in Energy Chain Systems®...

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Chainflex® lasts ... in dynamic applications ...Chainflex® Continuous-Flex Cables are designed, tested, and guaranteed to keep your application up and running

Chainflex® is uniqueigus® has been developing Energy Chain Systems® to house and protect moving cables and hoses for more than 30 years. As an expert in the cable carrier industry, igus® understands why customers’ flexible energy supply systems would fail. igus® quickly realized that widespread growth of automated technology had resulted in increasing loads, which guided cables couldn’t support. The cables would fail and cause costly system downtime, or halt production entirely.Most standard cables aren’t designed with mechanical flex life in mind. igus® embarked on the development of its own continuous-flexing line of cables, designed specifically for use in Energy Chain Systems®, introducing Chainflex® in 1989. Chainflex® cables withstand the stress of tight bending radii in moving applications, and deliver longer life at low cost. The Chainflex® line has expanded to include more than 950 cable sizes and types.

Proven time and time againigus® customers rely on their flexible energy supply systems to function properly. The company has dedicated significant resources into its own 5,700 square foot test laboratory. Chainflex® cables are tested in all types of conditions, including in extreme temperatures, different speed and length profiles, mechanical deformation and exposure to oil, chemicals, and debris. The data revealed by this testing not only provides detailed information on service life and durability, but also serves as a basis for new product development.To ensure the installation of energy supply systems that are guaranteed to perform as expected, igus® also offers customers ReadyChain® pre-assembled Energy Chain Systems®, harnessed with Chainflex® cables, connectors, brackets, and other accessories. igus® provides a complete system guarantee on all ReadyChain® solutions. The combination of comprehensive testing and application success stories gives igus® the confidence to offer this guarantee.

Don NesterChainflex® Product ManagerPhone: 800-521-2747Email [email protected]

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Chainflex® lasts ... in dynamic applications ...7 Guidelines for Continuous Flex cables

4. Cabled with short pitch length

2. Optimized conductor stranding

1. Strain-relieving center element

3. High-quality conductor insulation

5. Pressure extruded inner jacket

6. Shielding with optimized braid angle

7. Abrasion-resistant pressure extruded jacket

igus® performs over 2 billion test cycles in our 5,700 sq. ft. test lab. The 7 guidelines Guidelines for Continuous-Flex Cables are proven and validated based on the testing we perform.

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igus® cable range for all movements and electrical requirements

950 Chainflex® types ... Available from stock...Control cables• Bending radii to 4 x d• Shielded or unshielded• Jacket materials: PVC, PUR, TPE

Data cables• For travels up to 1,312 ft.• Optimized shields with high coverage• Jacket materials: PVC, PUR, TPE

Bus cable• Profibus, Profinet, CAN-Bus, Ethernet, CAT6, USB…• Jacket materials: PVC, PUR, TPE• cRUus UL compliance

Fiber optical cables• Bending radii up to 5 x d• Plastic and glass fibers• Jacket materials: PUR, TPE

Measuring system cables• For high meachnical demands• Cable types for 20 different drive manufacturers• Jacket materials: PVC, PUR, TPE

Servo cables• Inner-jacket versions for high mechanical demands• Jacket materials: PVC, PUR

Motor cables• Shielded and unshielded• For extreme applications• Jacket materials: PVC, TPE

Torsion-resistant cables• 3 million cycles at ±180°/3 ft length• cRUus UL compliance• Jacket materials: PUR, TPE

Special cables• Cables with high tensile strength• With special approvals for the rail sector• Jacket materials: PUR, TPE

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950 Chainflex® types ... Available from stock...igus® delivery service

Orders ship in 24 to 48 hours

• From stock

• No minimum order value

• No minimum order quantity

• No cutting costs

• Invoices and confirmations by post, fax, or email

• Regional support within 48 hours anywhere in North America

75% of all cables can be delivered from stock with UL

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Your Chainflex® from 2,5 00 feet in 6-8 weeks...Process-oriented solutions

Use the product finder to find all relevant Chainflex® cables specifically for your application.

igus.com/quickcable

Calculate the service life of your Chainflex® cable with the QuickLife service life predictor.

igus.com/cf-lifetime

Chainflex® online shop: Select and order highly flexible cables for energy supply systems directly online.

www.igus.com

Online selection and configurationsFind, configure and order Chainflex® cables easily at www.chainflex.com

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Your Chainflex® from 2,5 00 feet in 6-8 weeks...We will find the right cable for your application

Custom cable with the Chainflex® DesignCreate the required cable for your Energy Chain® with the Chainflex® custom cable ... from 2,500 ft ... delivered in 6 to 8 weeks!

igus® can now produce and deliver an almost endless variety of individual special cables for customers within short lead times and in tested igus® quality. igus® combines the tested Chainflex® quality with the individual requirements for customers in our 5,700 sq. ft. igus® test lab.

With igus® custom cables you can specify• the cable type• the structure• the shield• the jacket material• the color• and the individual printing.

We will be glad to visit you for a personal discussion and advise you about your customized application.

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5,700 sq. ft. test lab... more than 700 cable tests... 2 billion test cycles... Reliability through practical experience...

Special design for special solutionsQuality Assurance: Continuous batch testing to ensure the quality level

igus® development and test lab...

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5,700 sq. ft. test lab... more than 700 cable tests... 2 billion test cycles... Reliability through practical experience...

Media tests: Test of durability of chemical /oil exposure in motion

Test for combined movements: Simulation of complex movements in robotic applications

Frost test of cables and Energy Chains® at -40°FRotation tests: Ambitious chain applications with small radii


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Linear movements in short and long travels

Servo cable testing

• Continuous batch test

• Direct comparison with competitors

• Long-term tests

• Travels up to 40 feet in the interior, up to 394 feet in the outdoor travel test

• Variable speed and acceleration

• Continuous monitoring

Constant load test in the smallest radii

CFLG-2LB-50/125 tested with 35.2 million cycles at 4.35 x d

CF98-05-04 in a radius of 0.7”69.3 million cycles


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Torsion cables in standardized tests

• Uniform setup for objective assessment

• ± 180°/3 feet

• 10 test set-ups at the same time

• Up to 50 test cables

• Shield testing and optimization

Serial test ofTwisterBand solutions

CFROBOT5.501 27 million ± 180°/3 feet length

Torsional movements

CF9-03-04-INI 4 cables with > 1.2 million cycles with 3,000°


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Reliability in your application

Special chain set-ups

• Service life statements for special chain movements

• Reliability for the series

• Fault analysis of existing designs

• Optimization of the cable routing

Torsional movements without chain guide

• Torsion in machine feed-throughs

• Combined motions

• Combination of various media

• Reliability through optimization with plain bearing guides

High-speed application for millions of cycles

• Abrasion tests

• Optimization of braid designs

• Service life guarantees

• Determine a maintenance schedule


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Automatic measuring

• Permanent measuring

• Automatic

• Reliably

Precise and detailed analysis of the cable parts

• All components of a cable are individually taken apart and assessed

• Documentation provided

• Measuring of elements

• Analysis of fault patterns

• Wire strength assessment

Tensile test up to 1,124 lbsRoller test stand with variable loads

Elaborate analysis and documentation


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Cable assembly ... harnessed Energy Chains®...Capacity for 600,000 assembled cables a year......more than 18,000 test programs...1,800 test adapters...

ReadyCable® igus® offers more than 2,240 harnessed cables for drive systems according to 20 different manufacturers. Professionally manufactured, 100% tested.

• Servo, Power and Signal-/encoder cables• No cutting costs, no minimum order

quantity, no costs for packaging• Cable length according to customer

requirements• Smallest bending radii from 7.5 x d• Reduce storage cost and increase

cashflow igus.com/readycable

QuickPin 2.0 connector-cable configuratorConfigure your cable online in only

three minutes from over 950 Chainflex® types and 3,500 connector components, order immediately.

igus.com/quickpin2

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Cable assembly ... harnessed Energy Chains®...Assembled energy supply systems, connectors and cables from igus® all from a single source

ReadyChain®

Ready-to-fit assembled systems700 systems per week in 11 ReadyChain® assembly facilities around the world

• Reduces your storage costs • Cut your throughput times from days to hours• Respond flexibly to order variations• Utilize igus® manufacturing capacities and our

know-how in cable assembly• Reduce the number of suppliers (one order, one invoice, one delivery)• One partner for minimal machine downtimes• All ReadyChain® components are subject to an

extensive quality control and function testing www.readychain.com

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