Food industry
One company has been using igus® cable carrier systems with great success in its storage and handling technology products in the meat-processing industry. The readychain® cable carrier system has been installed in storage-and-retrieval units for high-bay warehouses for some time now. Cable carrier pre-assembly minimizes the potential for error with assembly and installation.
Initially, there was skepticism about whether or not to pre-assemble, due to the numerous cables involved. Today, installation times of three days have been reduced to just four hours and the risk of downtime at the plant is greatly minimized.
Wide experience in the narrowest spaces
One company specializes in pharmaceutical automation. Its systems for handling medicines must be extremely compact. With high-performance, ready-assembled cable carrier systems, igus® minimizes installation expenses.
Daily, about 600 to 2,000 infeed and outfeed procedures handle an average of 19,000 products, at speeds of 13.1 ft/s, accelerations of 8.2 ft/s², and travels up to 42.7 ft. To keep handling straightforward and to create space for the medicines, the compact modular system and narrow bending radii are ideal. readychain® performs almost a million cycles per year in this application.