igus® is a leading expert in plastic technology, with more than 40 years experience developing complex polymer blends. These specially designed, high-performance polymers enable energy chain cable carriers to be used in virtually any application. They are:
Corrosion resistant
Lightweight yet robust
Cost-effective, modular
Long lasting
Require little to no maintenance
Resistant to dirt, chemicals and extreme temperatures
Tested and proven
Steelworks
Offshore applications
Construction material manufacturing
Ship-to-shore cranes
Off-highway equipment
Composting facilities
Power plants
Waste management facilities
Many more
Application of cable carriers and continuous-flex cables in tile factory
Asphalt is supplied to the front of this road construction vehicle via an energy chain cable carrier.
An energy chain cable carrier operates in this waste incineration plant despite extreme dirt accumulation.
An energy chain cable carrier is used here to supply a tunnel boring machine.
energy chains withstand extraordinary temperatures in this steel mill.
igus® roller chain in power plant application
Rol-e-chain® roller cable carrier on a coal-fired power plant in Taaizhou, China.
Heavy duty Series 5050HD plastic cable carriers supply the crane drive on this ship unloader.
energy chain cable carriers are used in this steel works. The application involves massive amounts of dirt and dust and extremely high temperatures.
An energy chain cable carrier is used in this bucket-wheel excavator.
energy chain cable carriers are used in this lignite power plant.
These roller cable carriers and chainflex® cables operate despite extreme conditions in this compost plant
The cable carrier on this drilling machine must withstand extreme vibrations and dirt.
Dismantling tool for nuclear power plant decommissioning
Cable Carrier on vertical boom for semi-submersible platform.
Steel construction for a spreader in a lime plant utilizes cable carrier systems.
Steel and iron plant uses cable carrier in a high speed and dusty environment.
Coal bulk handling with a covered energy chain system.
Power supply for the transportation of coal to a dump, using cable carriers.
Ventilation system in underground storage at a power plant with heavy duty cable carriers
Three energy chains cable carriers that have been in operation 24 hours a day for more than 4 years in a brick plant.
High temperature, high speed, heavy weight load, and dusty environment is no challenge for igus® cable carriers.
High dirt accumulation during oxide removal of rails to be milled.
energy chains Cable Carriers in an aluminum plant - operating for 9 years problem-free, with a travel length of 203 ft, and speed of .98 ft/s.
Cable Carriers on a ventilation machine in a lime plant.
An energy chain at a fertilizer plant that has been in operation since 1998
Heating plant utilizes the heavy duty cable carriers by igus®
A 72 ft travel cable carrier system
Plaster dust.
A large crane with travels up to 2,625 ft with the use of igus® cable carrier systems.
energy chain with chainflex® cables in a truck-washing facility with fine road dust and gravel/mud debris.
Cable carrier performs in high temperature, high speed and dusty environment.
Power plant supply for dredger excavator in a coal dump.
Long travel bulk material handling application.
Crane with a travel of 63.9 ft and speeds reaching 196 ft/min.
Shipyard refueling point for cargo ships utilizes cable carriers.
Compost mud.
energy chain application examples by industry and cable carrier design.