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Plastic e-chain® cable carriers
Reduce downtime & increase service life of cables
Standard plastic or metal tracks often fail under the pressure of continuous motion, but cable carriers engineered for high-performance environments are built to endure. Whether you are managing complex automation or simple linear motion, the durability of your cable management system is the difference between seamless operation and costly downtime.
Plastic e-chain® cable carriers are more durable and longer lasting than the drag chains you’re used to. That’s because they’re made of highly engineered plastic materials specifically designed to reduce wear, resist corrosion, and withstand extreme temperatures. These materials are put through 10 billion test cycles each year inside our 41,000 sqft. test lab at our headquarters in Cologne, Germany to allow us to provide highly accurate service life predictions. We also offer readychain® pre-assembled with chainflex® high flexible cables that can reduce costs and assembly time by up to 95%.
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e-chain® cable carriers come in a variety of sizes ranging from 5mm inner height for the smallest installation spaces up to 350mm inner height for high loads. Find solutions for long, gliding and unsupported travels as well as for horizontal, vertical, zig zag and robotic applications. We also have open or closed systems with easy-to-open crossbars enables fast filling, and interior separators help increase the lifetime of the cables and hoses. Use the lifetime calculator to determine the service life of your e-chain® cable carrier.
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Proper installation is essential for the life of your energy chain, and igus® has a team of dedicated engineers ready to assist you every step of the way. From site inspection, to installation, to complete modernization, our team will ensure the longest possible service life for your cable carrier system.
Contact us at (800) 521-2747 to discuss your project today!
e-chain® Application Stories
e-chains® are essential in industries such as manufacturing, automation, and material handling. They ensure cables and hoses are safely guided through complex movements, reducing wear and tear and minimizing maintenance costs.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Energy chains (also called energy supply chains, e-chains®) are mechanical machine elements. They are used to guide and protect energy, data and signals that have to withstand the most diverse environmental influences. The decisive fact about cable guides is the symbiosis of the components moving against each other. They include cables, hoses, interior separation elements, strain relief devices and guide troughs. The materials used have to be optimally matched to each other so that maximum operating times and a long service life are achieved. Thanks to energy chains, downtime is avoided wherever energy in the form of electricity, gas, air or fluids is supplied to moving loads.
Simply use our service life calculator to determine the expected service life of the energy chain.
We recommend using the expert configurator to determine the correct e-chain® based on the fill package, movement, and environment.
Rol e-chains® can travel or more 1,200m.
As a rule, the standard temperature range for plastic energy chains is -40°F to +240°F.
A detailed list provides information on the resistance of igus® igumid G, TE, and NB materials to many chemical substances.
Yes, the autoglide system allows travels of up to 80 m without guide troughs.
Yes, all igus® e-chains® materials can be deployed in continuous use at temperatures as low as -40°F
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