chainflex® cables on ship loader
This ship loader was retrofitted to handle various bulk materials. It can handle 720 tons per hour. Several different types of bulk materials are handled. Speed: 1.1 ft/s (0.3 m/s) , Travel distance: 639.8 ft (195 m)
The motor, bus and control cables - specifically
Siemens SPS7 programmable logic controller to control the entire facility - were routed through a E4/4 type, Series 5050 cable carrier.
Potential inductive interference fields that could affect the signal transmission were prevented by a
special shielding on the bus and control cables. All the power and control cables used inside the cable carrier come from the chainflex® continuous-flex cable range from igus®.
Since the ship loader started operating over ten years ago, there have been no reported problems with the cable carrier system. None of the cables or cable carrier links have had to be replaced.