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News Release from: Igus UK | Subject: Chainflex CFBUS
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 09 May 2005
Fieldbus cables survive energy chain
duties
Igus has developed an all-new series of bus cables, designed specifically for constantly moving energy chain systems in industrial applications.
Igus has developed an all-new series of bus cables, designed specifically for constantly moving energy chain systems in industrial applications The special cables, Chainflex CFBUS, have highly abrasion-resistant TPE outer jackets and are now available for standard fieldbus systems
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 17 Apr 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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Experiments performed in the Igus laboratory proved CFBUS.001 Profibus cables could achieve more than 14 million double strokes (DH) at a bending radius of just 6.5 x d (S = 5m, V = 3.5m/s, a = 7.5m/s2).
No damage to the cable or impairment of its transmission properties was detected.
Machinery manufacturers now have the option to use a mechanically sophisticated cable for applications with longer traversing distances and transmission paths.
The design and materials used for Chainflex CFBUS cables ensure the sensitive core insulation is always well protected.
The TPE outer jacket is highly abrasion-proof, oil-resistant and flame-retardant and is extruded at high pressure to stabilise the cable against any arising tensile and compressive forces.
The bus elements, which are stranded with an especially short pitch length, are channelled through a gusset-filled extruded TPE inner jacket and protected against excessively high mechanical stress during the bending process.
The TPE jacket material used is also suitable for clean-room applications: a fact now established by the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology and Automation (Stuttgart).
According to the Institute, this material can be used in sensitive environments at traversing speeds up to 1m/s in clean-rooms of ISO class 3.
Like all Chainflex cables, the new CFBUS series is now available ex-stock, without any cutting costs and at no extra charge for minimum quantity orders. Request a free brochure from Igus UK ...
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