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Price Industries, a leading, full-service metal fabricator, uses igus ReadyChain to save time and money on their high-speed cranes for the wet process industry.

Price’s automated cranes are used in a variety of industries to move process materials to and from storage, loading and unloading areas, and through product finishing process lines. The company was harnessing their cable carrier systems themselves, often wasting money in scrap and material drops which were also leading to production delays. Price was also wasting valuable engineering time on the assemblies.

The ReadyChain systems used by Price vary in size, but are generally comprised of a System E4 Energy Chain, which houses electrical cables and conductors and enables their cranes to travel horizontally to distances in excess of 360 feet. Price chose System E4 Energy Chains based on their noise reduction and long life.

Sam Boeshart, Controls Engineering Manager at Price Industries, expressed his confindence in igus.

“We no longer have to devote manpower and engineering expertise to something that isn’t our specialty. We know when igus builds our systems they will be built properly and to our specifications," Boeshart said. "Floor space is valuable, and on larger jobs building cable carrier systems frequently caused logistic and material flow problems. All of that is alleviated with ReadyChain.”