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Energy supply systems for body construction

Energy safely guided in all directions
The process sequences in car body construction are fluid. If a machine part stops, the entire production line comes to a standstill. To protect the electrical and pneumatic cables and supply hoses of the robots from rotating movements and welding sparks, igus has developed the triflex energy chain. It easily copes with multi-axis movements, is easy to install or repair and simple to adapt.

Linear guides for welding tongs

Welding tongs

The advantages:

  • Lightweight
  • Dirt and dust resistant
  • Maintenance-free
  • Lubrication-free
  • Robust
  • Insensitive to welding spatter
More information about drylin T linear guides

Plain bearing in the shaft end block of the heat treatment

Welding tongs

The advantages:

  • Resistant even at high temperatures
  • No expensive special greases are required
  • Maintenance-free
  • Low wear
  • Insensitive to dirt
More information on heavy-duty plain bearings

Success stories

E-chain triflex Jaguar Automotive

Two thirds fewer failures with triflex R energy chain

Jaguar Cars Limited needed to find a new cable guide for the automated industrial robots in a car factory. The previous solution with hoses caused high downtimes as the hoses fell into the robot's working area after some time. The newly installed triflex RS universal module, on the other hand, retracts the cable with every movement.

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Wendres GmbH twisterchain

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car body construction

Our service starts even before installation.

  • We plan the optimisation of your system to guarantee maximum service life
  • Retrofitting your existing machines
  • Retrofitting condition monitoring or predictive maintenance to igus products
  • Our energy chains are also available as ready-harnessed systems e.g. dress pack, 7th axis
  • After installation: regular inspection and maintenance of your energy chain and condition monitoring systems
  • At the end of the life cycle, we take the energy chain back and recycle it

Suitable products

triflex R readychain

Harnessed hose packages
This package includes:

  • triflex R e-chain
  • completely filled with chainflex cable
  • hose for the supply of energy, data and media
More information about the dress pack
triflex R

3D chain triflex R

  • Specially developed for multi-axis robots
  • Defined bend radius
  • High tensile strength and high flexibility
  • Easily openable and fillable
More information on triflex R
triflex RSE

Retraction system triflex RSE

  • Linear retraction
  • Lightweight and space-saving
  • Fewer deflection points, higher process reliability also for LLK and feed hoses
Learn more about triflex RSE
readycable AIDA

Ready-to-connect AIDA cable packages

  • Ready-to-connect AIDA extension cables for automation
  • 50% reduced installation effort thanks to push-pull technology
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smart plastics EC.B

Condition monitoring for e-chains

  • Special sensor technology recognises chain breakage in the early stages
  • Prevents overloading and subsequent system failures
More about EC.B condition monitoring
readychain

Pre-fitted e-chain systems

  • Reduce bearing costs for cables, e-chains and connectors to zero
  • Reduce throughput times by half
  • Minimise machine downtimes
Find out more about readychain

Assistance pour les demandes

Pour toute question supplémentaire ou information sur les produits, veuillez contacter :

igus® Inc. Canada+1 800 965 2496Courriel 

Service clientèle:
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