Save installation space and increase service life with high-end TPE cables

Save installation space and increase service life with high-end TPE cables

Are you familiar with this situation: The summer vacation is ending and you hurriedly arrange your things for the return journey. In the bustling hotel room, you try to pack your suitcase as neatly and orderly as possible, but somehow you notice that there is not enough space as when you were packing for the outbound journey for the first time. Has the available space shrunk?

 

Lack of space in mechanical engineering

There is a similar situation in mechanical and plant engineering: the available space is becoming ever smaller. Machines must become more compact and yet, must still meet higher requirements, including the cables used. In addition to the drive cables with the usual pairs for temperature sensors and/or brakes, additional cables are needed for bus systems and measurement systems.

 

All cables in the moving energy chain experience an increase in mechanical requirements due to the increasingly compact designs of machines. These machines and systems are carefully planned instead of being thrown together frantically as if they were on vacation. Designers know that only a small area is available for the energy chain to be filled, so the cables supplied must act and function accordingly.

 

A typical PUR servo cable, (4G1.5 + (2x1.5)C)C, has an outer diameter of between 11.5mm and 13mm, for example. The usual bending factors of 10xd to 15xd result in a minimum bend radius of 115mm in the best case and a minimum bend radius of 195mm in the worst case. The installation space of the machine must be correspondingly small or large.

 

Achieve the smallest bend radii with chainflex®

But what if there isn't enough space, or if the requirements for movements are very high? Here is where igus introduces the high-end TPE cables.

As an ideal alternative to the PVC and PUR outer jacket materials matched to the energy chain, igus offers the CF29.D servo cable series and the CF11.D measuring system cable series. These cables, equipped with a halogen-free TPE outer jacket and specially matched stranding and shielding concept, offer a bending factor of only 6.8xd. And so, for example, with a servo cable with the combination (4G1.5 + (2x1.5)C)C and with an outer diameter of 13mm, the bend radius of 115mm or 195mm from the previous example can be reduced to 85mm.

This results in saving space of 220mm or 230% in the machine when using the CF29.D as compared to the PUR servo cables which are commonly available in the market.

This is due to the space required being twice the radius of the energy chain plus the corresponding chain height.

 

 

High-end cables for small installation spaces

In the simplest case, you simply buy a larger suitcase for your next trip to solve the space problem. This is obviously not an alternative in mechanical and plant engineering, as the trend towards more compact machines will continue.

 

The high-end TPE cables from chainflex, on the other hand, are an alternative to solving the space problem in drive technology that is recurring. To achieve the smallest bend radii with maximum, guaranteed service life without hassle.

 

Find out how long is the service life of your individual application by calculating and comparing it right here.

Or contact us directly, and we'll be happy to help you find the right cable.

Tested in igus' in-house test laboratory. E.g. test 5034 with CF29.D completed over 45 million strokes.