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News Release from: Oki Electric | Subject: OR Super cable
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 13 December 2007
Robot cable is more flexible and halogen
free
Ultra-high-flex cable achieves higher flexibility than high-flex FA cables using fluorine insulators.
New from Oki Electric Cable, OR Super is an ultra-high-flex cable that achieves higher flexibility than high-flex FA cables using fluorine insulators As manufacturing processes using machine tools are becoming more diverse, the load for movable cables is increasing, resulting in disconnection faults
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 28 Apr 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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"By offering the market the OR Super, a high-performance cable with ultra high flex, Oki Electric Cable will respond to the needs for higher performance cable among robot users", says Takashi Hattori, President of Oki Electric Cable.
"We will continue to enhance our high-flex performance while offering this cable at a low cost and being friendly to the environment".
"We will actively provide this product to the FA cable market and establish a stronger brand as well as increase our market share", To develop this high-flex cable, Oki Electric Cable has used a new special elastomer, developed over many years, as an insulator material.
The company is the first in the industry to apply it to FA cables.
This special elastomer has a significantly higher flexibility, strength and slide function, and unlike fluoroplastic it does not contain a halogen, and so is more environment-friendly.
Moreover, it can be offered at a lower price with higher performance.
Other materials were also selected to achieve higher flexibility.
Oki Electric Cable chose a flame resistant polyurethane elastomer for the sheath material and adjusted it so the flame resistance is verified according to the UL vertical wire (VW)-1 standard.
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