Intelligent energy chains & smart cables

2022 smart plastics news ...

... Tech up, cost down. It's our job.

Tech up, cost down: we always want to deliver at least one of the two. That is our profession and what we have offered for many years. The immense challenges in the current period are spurring us on even more.

Experience all our smart plastics innovations of 2022, such as the new i.Sense EC.W service life sensor and the first-ever predictive maintenance system for cleanrooms, right now, right here.
 

Finally also for multi-axis and industrial robots ...

... i.Sense TR.B for intelligent breakage monitoring

Robots have long been indispensable in many areas of industrial manufacturing – bb welding, painting, soldering, and palletising: industrial robots are becoming dynamic. A flexible 3D energy chain such as the triflex® R from igus® makes it possible to guide robot cables safely. To detect potential chain breaks due to extreme loads in good time and avoid unplanned machine breakdowns, igus has developed i.Sense TR.B, the world's first breakage monitoring system for 3D energy chains. 

P4.1 rol e-chain®

• Longer service life due to maintenance-free tribo-polymer plain bearings in conjunction with the chain links
• For the heaviest duty applications and longest service life
• Travel distance up to 800m and speed higher than 5m/s
• Use smart plastics to stay abreast of how your chain is doing

E4 chain series for heavy loads

• Gliding, unsupported, and suspended applications possible
• For robust, challenging areas of use
• Inner height from 21 to 350mm
• Each link consists of four individual parts
• Openable along inner and outer radius

E2 chains for medium loads

• Inner height: 26 - 48mm
• Available in two versions:
  • Openable from both sides along the outer radius
  • Openable from both sides along the inner radius
• Weight to dimension ratio improved on comparable predecessor series
• Can be assembled up to 55% quicker than predecessor

Condition monitoring (i.Sense) with chainflex® cables requires no additional module.
The system can be integrated and networked without additional software.
In these cases, cables have three options for condition monitoring.  

• Cable push/pull force measurement (CF.P)
• Cable electrical property measurement (CF.Q)
• Transmission quality measurement (CF.D)

Do you want to put together your own smart plastics package?

Then download the digital version of our smart plastics Domino now and put together your very own configuration. 

Afterwards, you can look forward to a playful treat from smart plastics.