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chainflex works - guaranteed and certified!
Do you value cable safety, quality, and reliability?
So do we! For many years, we have been manufacturing cables specifically for energy chains. It is particularly important to us to test all cables extensively so that they last a long time in your applications.Today, we can give you a guarantee of up to 4 years on chainflex cables. In addition, our guarantee promise is also UL verified. But how did the guarantee come about and how was it certified?
chainflex® works - guaranteed and certified!
New chainflex products in 2024
Discover this year's innovations here. You can expect exciting products on guarantee, top drive applications, dry environments and drive technology.Discover all innovations now
Predictable safety thanks to laboratory and field experience
We test our cables thoroughly in the industry's largest test laboratory. For this, we rely on 64 systems and 800 parallel tests.After each test, we create a separate test report, which you can fall back on should you require documentation or an overview. Use it to find out test purpose and results.
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chainflex approvals and standards
We at igus make absolutely sure that our chainflex cables fulfil all guidelines and approval regulations and the most important standards worldwide. Here you can find the standards and approvals concerned, and in which regions of the world they play a special role.Discover all standards and approvals.
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chainflex® CASE – ship’n store by igus
Easy savings on delivery, storage space & reordering
One of eleven new products, the chainflex CASE serves as a simple transport and storage option. The cable can now be unreeled easily right where it will be used.Tech up:
- 60% faster reordering - Thanks to the label with QR code, you can go directly to the product page
- Simple unreeling directly from the box
- Simple storage - Stack up to three boxes where required
- 84% more cost-effective shipping with UPS Standard
- Delivery within 1-2 business days with UPS Standard
- Storage systems and drum unreeler are no longer necessary
What are chainflex cables for motion?
Our cables meet all RoHS II and REACH requirements that are currently valid, as well as every standard in electromagnetic compatibility. They are certified according to UL, DNV, EAC, CTP and CE and are also approved and certified for use in systems according to EtherCAT, CC-Link, CC-Link IE Field, Profibus, Profinet and Interbus.
A wide range of cable types with different jacket materials ensures a high reliability in energy chains. igus chainflex cables withstand various applications with tremendous speed and acceleration, long travels and most unfavourable surrounding conditions.
What advantages do our cables offer?
- 30 years of experience
- 4-year guarantee
- Tested in our own laboratory on over 4,000m2, 125 test systems, over 800 ongoing tests
- Largest range with 1,354 cables types for data, bus and hybrid systems, control system and drive
- Predictable and configurable service life
- Available from stock, from 1m length and within 36h
- Cables for any type of motion: horizontal, vertical, torsion, high speed
- Freely available samples
- 50% time reduction when stripping due to unique CFRIP technology
- Optionally with intelligent tensile force monitoring from smart plastics for exceptionally heavy-duty cables
More about the advantages of chainflex
Most cables are rarely seen. They are protected against unfavourable surroundings. The application areas are primarily restricted to seabeds, masts where they function as so-called overhead cables, or underground applications. In contrast to electrical engineering, the term is becoming more and more popular in communication and information technology.
In contrast to concealed cables, we encounter exposed cables much more frequently in everyday life. Similar to concealed cables, these (usually multi-core) cables are also used for energy or data transfer. In addition to high-voltage cables as well-known and visible cable types, cables for connecting TVs to game consoles or for charging a mobile phone are common everyday examples.
Sensor for a smart cable | i.Sense CF.P
This sensor has an "affinity" for cables.
For cables that run in an energy chain, a particularly intensive "look" is required:- The CF.P sensor measures the tensile forces on the cables
- Permanently increased tensile forces can lead to cable damage and in the worst case, cable fire
- The CF.P sensor identifies maintenance that has been carried out incorrectly on the cables
Everything about the smart chainflex cable
Customer application examples
Pick and place machine
Ready-to-connect energy chain systems and heavy-duty special cables ensure a smooth operation of the pick and place machines.
400 million strokes are required.
Large machining centres
Measuring system cable from igus also transmits signals safely over very large distances and ensures high machine availability.
Measuring system cable for long transmission distances
Mechanical engineering
For quick handling applications, such as in these automated drug stores, metal-free fibre optic cables from igus ensure high transmission rates.
Transfer data quickly without interference
Ship unloader
With a travel of 441.3 metres, the tensile forces can be reduced by about 75%.
Cargo ships operated by ship unloaders
More applications
Find further successful application examples of our chainflex cable customers.
Overview of application examples
readycable
Ready-to-connect cables
readychain
Energy supply systems ready for connection
More information on chainflex cables
Tested on a floor area of 3,800 m²!
Two billion annual test cycles for guaranteed reliability.More about the test laboratory and reports
chainflex catalogue
chainflex® works: worldwide No. 1 in terms of testing.Order printed catalogue here
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