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guidelok horizontal

Horizontal Guidelok System
for unsupported travels

upper run guide for long, self-supporting travels in chip areas

Metal chips can cause abrasion and wear in long travel, gliding cable carrier applications. To combat this, igus® has developed a horizontal guiding system called “Guidelok”, which is designed to keep the upper and lower cable carrier runs apart. The new solution is ideal for applications in the machine tool industry up to 164 feet.

Benefits:

1) Dirt cannot get stuck between the sliding surfaces of the upper and lower run
2)  Modular system with few parts (also possible without lateral trough)
3)  Enormous increase in unsupported lengths of energy chains
4)  Intelligent upper run guidance with pivoting roller supports

Typical applications

Machine tools
Dirty environments
Anywhere where gliding application is not recommended

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guidelok horizontal

Design principle

The horizontal guidelok guides the upper run of the energy chain on special pivoting roller supports that can fold in the moving radius of the energy chain and guarantee an unobstructed "travel" of the system.

guidelok horizontal

The e-chain® is guided in the trough channel, pushing back the spring loaded roller supports with its radius.

guidelok horizontal

Roller supports pivot in and out again after the radius

guidelok horizontal

The upper run then lays on the roller supports.

Product range | Series 907.645 | For bend radii up to 300mm

Part number	For series	Inner width Bi:	Bend radius
907.645.Bi.R.LLLL/FFFF	E4.56	50 - 600	150 \| 175 \| 200 \| 250 \| 300	Requests
907.645.Bi.R.LLLL/FFFF	E4.80	50 - 600	150 \| 175 \| 200 \| 250 \| 300	Requests
907.645.Bi.R.LLLL/FFFF	E4.112	50 - 600	200 \| 250\| 300	Requests
907.645.Bi.R.LLLL/FFFF	R4.56	75 - 462	150 \| 175 \| 200 \| 250 \| 300	Requests
907.645.Bi.R.LLLL/FFFF	R4.80	150 - 462	175 \| 200 \| 250 \| 300	Requests
907.645.Bi.R.LLLL/FFFF	R4.112	200 - 500	250 \| 300	Requests

System guidelok horizontal, principle drawing:
LLLL = total length / FFFF = field length
Order example: part number with required value for total length and field length, e.g. 907.645.200.300.20000/2000.0

guidelok horizontal installation height

Product range | Series 907.837 | For bend radii from 350 up to 500mm

Part number	For series	Inner width Bi:	Bend radius
907.837.Bi.R.LLLL/FFFF	E4.56	200 - 600	\| 350 \| 400 \| 450 \| 500 \|	Requests
907.837.Bi.R.LLLL/FFFF	E4.80	200 - 600	\| 350 \| 400 \| 450 \| 500 \|	Requests
907.837.Bi.R.LLLL/FFFF	E4.112	200 - 600	\| 350 \| 400 \| 450 \| 500 \|	Requests
907.837.Bi.R.LLLL/FFFF	R4.56	200 - 462	\| 350 \| 400 \| 450 \| 500 \|	Requests
907.837.Bi.R.LLLL/FFFF	R4.80	200 - 462	\| 350 \| 400 \| 450 \| 500 \|	Requests
907.837.Bi.R.LLLL/FFFF	R4.112	200 - 500	\| 350 \| 400 \| 450 \| 500 \|	Requests

guidelok horizontal

Real-world examples

Guidelok horizontal is used in the horizontal lathe of the Spanish machine builder

Due to this new design of the guidelok horizontal, no chips can get stuck between the sliding surfaces of the upper and lower runs of the energy chain.

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For further questions or product information, please contact:

Dan Thompson

Product Manager

+1 800 521 2747

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