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chainflex cables for robots
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Ever more complex sequences of movements in In addition, a test is carried out on a test bench with a All the non-shielded, gusset-filled extruded standard Control cable (shielded and unshielded)
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industrial applications demand twistable or multi-axis chain length of approx. 2,500mm with 270° torsion with chainflex control cables of the series CF130.UL, Data and measuring system cables
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flexible cables with a long service life, similar to the classic an extreme load through centrifugal forces and heavy CF5, CF9 and CF9.UL correspond to the above igus Fibre optic cables
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chainflex cables for use in linear e-chain systems . blows such as those that can occur on an industrial robot. standard and have been approved for use in torsion Motor and servo cables
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Stranding, structure, shields and jacket materials must applications. Bus cables
compensate both for major changes in bending load Hybrid cables
and changes in diameter due to torsional movements. The following twistable CFROBOT cable types are
To achieve this, different “soft” structural elements e.g. currently available: We can also offer you chainflex CFROBOT cables
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rayon fibres, PTFE elements or filling elements that pre-harnessed with the connectors of your choice as
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absorb torsion forces are used in chainflex CFROBOT a readycable , or as a ready-to-install readychain
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cables. system.
Special demands are made on the braided shielding in
torsion cables. Torsion-optimised shield structures are
chosen that allow compensatory movements thanks to
special PTFE gliding films.

With twistable bus cables in particular, the transmission
characteristics such as attenuation, cable capacitance
and signal quality must remain within very tight tolerance
ranges over the whole service life. This is achieved
through the use of particularly torsion optimised
insulating materials and mechanical attenuation elements
with matching capacitance values.

The highly abrasion-resistant, halogen-free and flame-
resistant PUR jacket material in motor, hybrid/control
cables and bus cables protects the torsion-optimised
stranded elements from possible damage.
The highly abrasion-resistant, halogen-free TPE jacket
achieves the special requirements of the twistable FOC
and individual as well as the single core cables.

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Unlike cables for linear e-chain systems , the mechanical
stress on these cables is in the combination of bending,
torsion and centrifugal forces that cannot usually be
determined by design or during use by means of
measurement. For this reason, and unlike the situation
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with linear e-chain applications, a clear “yes/no”
statement cannot be made about the use of a particular
cable in torsion applications.
To enable evaluation to take place, based on sensible
and comparable test results, the igus “torsion test
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standard” was developed.

According to this standard, all chainflex CFROBOT
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cables of a triflex energy chain are twisted with a fixed
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point distance of one metre and a torsion of +/- 180°
at least 3 million times.

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