Intelligent energy chains & smart cables

Finally also for multi-axis & industrial robots ...

... i.Sense TR.B for intelligent breakage monitoring
Robots have long been an integral part of many areas of industrial production - whether welding, painting, soldering or palletising: Industrial robots work dynamically. A flexible multi-axis energy chain such as the triflex® R from igus® makes it possible to guide robot cables safely. In order to recognise potential chain breakages caused by the extreme load in good time and avoid unplanned machine downtime, igus® has developed i.Sense TR.B, the world's first breakage monitoring system for multi-axis energy chains.

P4.1 Roller chain

• Longer service life thanks to maintenance-free tribopolymer plain bearings in the connection of the chain links
• For maximum stress and service life
• Travel distances of over 800 m at speeds of more than 5 m/s
• Always know how the chain is doing thanks to smart plastic

E4 chain series for the high load range

• sliding, unsupported, suspended use
• For robust, demanding applications
• inner height from 21 to 350mm
• Each chain link consists of 4 individual parts
• Can be opened in the inner and outer radius

E2 chains for the medium load range

• Internal heights: 26 to 48 mm
• Available in two versions:
• Hinged on both sides in the outer radius
• Hinged on both sides in the inner radius
• Improved weight and dimension ratio compared to the previous series
• Up to 55% faster to install than predecessors

Smart solutions with chainflex® cable

No additional module is required for condition monitoring (i.Sense) using chainflex® cable.
The system can be operated without additional software during integration and networking.
In these cases, chainflex® cable takes over 3 possibilities of condition monitoring.

• Tensile and shear force measurement via the cable (CF.P)
• Measurement of the electrical specification of a cable (CF.Q)
• Measurement of the transmission quality (CF.D)