readychain® & readycable® news

+17 new ready-to-connect cables
For the Autumn News 2024, we are expanding our selection of pre-assembled drive cables by two additional manufacturers, offering drive cables suitable for 40 drive manufacturers.

The new ones are suitable for Baumer Thalheim and Sigmatek. They are manufactured within 5 working days from the highly flexible chainflex® bulk material and connectors from well-known manufacturers.

► Baumer Thalheim to the shop
► Sigmatek to the shop

Berger Lahr und Siemens
Even more choice from a single source. Thanks to the continuous expansion of our range of ready-to-connect and tested cables for drive technology, our programme has grown to over 6,000 readycable® cables.

► Berger Lahr to the shop
► Siemens to the shop

Ready-to-connect SPE cables
With the new products in autumn, we are expanding our Single Pair Ethernet (SPE) range to include a further variant with connectors from Harting.

+27 new ready-to-connect cables
For Hannover Messe 2024, we are expanding our selection of pre-assembled drive cables by four additional manufacturers, offering drive cables suitable for 38 drive manufacturers.

The new products are suitable for Koco Motion, Schunk, Heidrive and

Motor Power Company and are manufactured within 5 working days from the highly flexible chainflex® bulk cable and connectors from well-known manufacturers.

► Koco Motion to the shop
► Schunk to the shop
► Heidrive to the shop
► Motor Power Company to the shop

Beckhoff, Festo and Heidenhain
Even more choice from a single source. Thanks to the continuous expansion of our range of ready-to-connect and tested cables for drive technology, our programme has grown to over 6,000 readycable® cables.

► Beckhoff to the shop
► Festo to the shop
► Heidenhain to the shop

Ready-to-connect CAT7 cables with CAT8 connectors for network technology
Available as a connecting cable (pin/pin) or as an extension cable (pin/socket) in your desired length.

► CAT8  to the shop

Update to the EDS24 standard
For many years, the macros have enabled the direct import of readycable® product data into EPLAN and thus up to 50 % faster design. We have now adapted 1,500 EPLAN macros to the new EPLAN Data Standard 24 (EDS24).

Attachment housing for Module Connect
One plug-in module instead of many individual plugs - that's Module Connect. The new add-on housing now also makes it possible to utilise the benefits directly on the switch cabinet or terminal box.

+27 new ready-to-connect cables
For SPS 2023, we are expanding our selection of pre-assembled drive cables by four additional manufacturers, offering drive cables suitable for 34 drive manufacturers.

The new products are suitable for Bonfiglioli, Danfoss, KEBA and Moog and are manufactured within 5 working days from the highly flexible chainflex® bulk material and connectors from well-known manufacturers.

► Bonfiglioli to the shop
► Danfoss to the shop
► KEBA to the shop
► Moog to the shop

With over 85 new customisations
In the field of drive cables, we are expanding our product portfolio to include six drive manufacturers and thus offer ready-to-connect cables suitable for a total of 30 drive manufacturers.

New ones are being added by this manufacturer:  
► Delta to the shop
► Harmonic Drive to the shop
► Hengstler to the shop
► KEB to the shop
► Panasonic to the shop
► Wittenstein to the shop

B&R, Bosch Rexroth, SEW and Siemens
Even more choice from a single source.
Thanks to the continuous expansion of our range of ready-to-connect and tested cables for drive technology, our programme has grown to over 6,000 readycables®.

► Siemens to the shop
► Bosch Rexroth zo the shop
► SEW to the shop
► B&R to the shop

Expansion of the connector range
DIY enthusiasts and warehouse operators will be delighted with this news, as we are also expanding our selection of components in the connector sector.

We are now offering various RJ45 and mini I/O connectors from our long-standing preferred supplier TE Connectivity, with which you can realise your data communication from CAT5e to CAT6A to Profinet.

• for the highest industrial requirements
• Available from stock in 24 hours for just-in-time delivery
• Durable materials for sustainable use

Assembled Single Pair Ethernet (SPE)
Two new ready-to-connect single pair Ethernet cables with plug connectors from Weidmüller and Yamaichi. For continuous industrial Ethernet communication in machines and systems with just one wire pair for data transmission.

• Energy chain-compatible Ethernet communication for the entire system
• Optimal solution for the realisation of small installation spaces​
• 100% inspection (test seal and test report) for every delivery
• Future-proof data communication
• Precisely calculate the guaranteed service life of the cable online (click here for the tool)

Extension connection cable for Kuka

With this extension to the range of prefabricated robot cables, you can connect the Kuka Quantec 2 directly to the Quantec2 X30/X30.1 motor cable.

• Ready for connection and ready for immediate use
• Manufactured to the centimetre in the desired length, therefore no oversizing
• 100 % testing (test seal and test report)
• Durable cable materials + high-quality connectors + mechanical processing = guaranteed safety and value retention of the components

Light printing instead of heavy welding
Lightweight, easy to handle and smooth-running, yet highly resilient and with unlimited geometry possibilities. The new readychain® p-rack becomes a 100% customised interface solution with elements manufactured precisely using 3D printing. From batch size 1.

• Ergonomic and precisely tailored to customer requirements, tool-free assembly/disassembly
• Reduced weight for cheaper shipping, plus space-saving return transport
• Installation time reduced by 66 %
• Can also be printed and regranulated from corn starch
• Optionally with GPS tracking

Dimensions [in mm], exemplary:
Height: 1,500
Width: 710
Depth: 560

Simple, safe and quick positioning
The readychain® fastpositioner easily brings small and medium-sized readychain® systems into the desired installation position. The parts are customised and manufactured precisely to the requirements using 3D printing.

Easy and safe installation of prefabricated readychain® systems

• No further aids required
• Installation time reduced by 30% thanks to delivery in optimum installation position
• Printed from sustainable materials and regranulable

Tech up:

• Simple mounting in your application
• Integrated strain relief and seal

Cost down:

• Save 80 % assembly time
• Optimised ready-to-install assemblies
• Service case: simply unplug, plug in again, done

Tech up:

• 50 % less assembly work thanks to push-pull technology
• Flexible expansion of existing robot systems and interfaces with end-tested extensions

Cost down:

• Different cable qualities and price classes: you use the cable with the best price-performance ratio in your robot application