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The new cables with 600V UL approval now enable the user to lay his bus cables on a platform directly next to cables with a higher voltage level (such as drive cables), offering tangible savings potential.
UL means "Underwriters Laboratories" and is an independent organisation in the USA. This organisation tests various products for their safety. With regard to cables, UL stipulates that all cables with different voltage classes in one cable guide must always be mechanically separated from one another. The new high-end 600V bus cables from chainflex® eliminate the need for this significant additional cost and effort.
The safety requirements for fire protection in the country of origin of UL, the USA, are much stricter than ours. Only appropriately tested products are awarded the UL certification mark. For energy supply systems, UL stipulates that all cables with different voltage classes and lying side by side, e.g. in a cable rack or energy chain, must always be mechanically separated from each other. This can be achieved by using appropriate sheet metal. Of course, meeting these standards involves a lot of effort and above all costs. Using the example of the cable rack, one can say: "If all cables have the same voltage level, the cables can be laid side by side without this mechanical separation." This makes processing easier and saves enormous costs.
The different voltage classifications of UL are decisive here because now a cable with the higher style can be laid directly next to the other cables (such as drive cables).
For many years, the technical requirements for energy chain systems have been increasing more and more. Travels have become longer, movements quicker and bend radii smaller. Core ruptures, jacket abrasion and corkscrew are the result. igus has risen to the challenge and developed cables that can withstand high mechanical stress chainflex cables.
As a consistent continuation of this technological claim, igus is, in 2020, the first German company to have its brand promise for chainflex cables validated by an external body. In a complex certification process, the US institute "Underwriters Laboratories" confirmed the accuracy of the statement "igus® 36-month chainflex cable guarantee and service life calculator based on 2 billion test cycles per year". This makes igus the first in Europe to have the veracity of its advertising statement confirmed by an internationally recognised testing institution.
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Offering around 4,600 harnessed motor, servo, signal and encoder cables suitable for 24 manufacturer standards, igus is the world's No. 1 when it comes to harnessed cables for use in energy chains. Providing 7 different cable qualities, the range always offers the most cost-effective drive cable that is guaranteed to work.
Bus is the abbreviation for "Binary Unit System" and describes a system that is responsible for the data transmission between individual participants within a network. We are happy to take responsibility along with you and determine your individual savings potential for bus cables with the free chainflex Price Check - always with UL approval and 36-month guarantee.
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