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36-month guarantee



            on every chainflex  cable in
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            The chainflex  guarantee - predictable safety through                                                                  Direct overview of the service life using the "double strokes"
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            laboratory and field experience                                                                                        selection tables


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            Safety is of utmost importance, operationally, legally   "In case of guarantee the buyer is entitled to the            For each chainflex  series you will find a selection
            and financially. Plant and machine constructors have   rights under the guarantee as per the terms set                 table called "Double strokes - guaranteed service
            to make binding statements about operational safety   down in the guarantee statement vis-à-vis the                    life" This gives the technical parameters for using the        1  Temperature, from/to [°C]
            and reliability. However, a guarantee declaration to the   person who has given the guarantee, regardless              respective chainflex  cable. If the cable is operated in
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            end customer always entails a considerable risk. The   of the legal claims (§ 443 I BGB)."                             accordance with the operating conditions specified in          2  Double strokes guaranteed
            chainflex  guarantee on igus  cables in e-chains now                                                                   the selection table, a guaranteed service life of 5, 7.5
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            makes this risk not only more predictable, but reduces   In Germany, quality and durability guarantees are             or 10 million double strokes is applicable depending           3 Minimum bend radius [factor x d]
            it significantly. With the unique 36 month guarantee on   used. The latter in particular is of great importance for    on the application. The service life itself, measured by
            every chainflex  cable in this catalogue, we assume   many customers. A mere extension of the guarantee is             the number of possible double strokes, can even be
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            part of the responsibility and create valuable planning   not enough for them, they want binding statements on         significantly higher.
            security for the manufacturer. Twenty-five years of   the durability. The chainflex  guarantee based on the                                   2                   2                   2                 Example:
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            experience from tried and tested applications and from   reliable data from laboratory and field experience, was                                                                                        Selection table
            intensive tests in the world's largest test laboratory for   created precisely for this purpose.                                                                                                        "Guaranteed
            cables  and  e-chains allow  us  to make  reliable and                                                                     1                            3                                      3        service life"
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            verifiable statements about durability and service life.                                                                                                                   3                            for CF9
            Predictable reliability for every user!


            Guarantee instead of just warranty or defects                                                                          Example:
            liability expands the assurance in legal terms                                                                         A cable with a diameter of 12mm in an energy chain   necessary factor for this guarantee level would be 8.5,
            The assurance of a guarantee is done voluntarily by                                                                    with a radius of 100mm results in a bending factor of 8.3   meaning that the number of guaranteed double strokes
            the manufacturer, and goes beyond the mandatory                                                                        (100mm/12mm). In order to determine the guaranteed   is  reduced  to  7.5  million.  This  very  clear  statement
            assurance or warranty by the seller. For the customer                                                                  durability, you set the technical conditions from the data   provides reliability and planning safety for your machine
            not only receives the promise to obtain a defect-free                                                                  ranges 1 & 2. In data range 3, you can now see that   and can be further refined with the online service life
            product, but also the ability to function over a certain                                                               (with an assumed temperature range of -25/+90°C)   calculator.
            period.                                                                                                                with 8.3 x d the effective bending factor is above the
                                                                                                                                   minimum limit of 7 and therefore for that cable you have
                                                                                                                                   a guaranteed operation of 10 million double strokes.     Calculate service life online:
                                                              Analysis of the measured data: igus  "AutΩMeS" system                Should the temperature become higher or lower, the       www.igus-asean.com/chainflexlife
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