Reducing costs while guaranteeing the highest possible
process reliability: only those who invest considerable resources into testing and research, such as igus®, can successfully address these competing requirements. The largest test lab in the industry conducts more than 3 billion test cycles annually on a total of 180 test stations.
Our mechanical engineering components pass the litmus test presented by production reality, because they have already passed this test before leaving the igus® warehouse.
The large igus® the-chain test lab
Better products, but more affordable – a key ingredient: igus® research and development.
Seal testing in the big chip drum
Endurance testing on moving cables
Media resistance testing on cables
Bending/braking tests of e-chains®
Cold tests in climatic test cabinets as low as -40°C
Tribological property testing on plain bearings
Chip tests in the igus® lab prove the tremendous chip-proof properties of the new RX tube, by hot chips too
Details of current tests
Oil test with e-chains®
Ranging from metal chips to wood dust and fluids: we have the right solution for your energy supply system.
Tensile and breaking test of the largest plastic e-chain®
The standard test machines are not strong enough to break the E4.350.
Rigid mounting brackets
Absorption of maximum bending torque on rigid mounting brackets, so that these function reliably even when exposed to lateral acceleration.
Tensile testing with energy chains in oil
Tensile testing with energy chains in oil
Cable wear virtually halved
Interior separation in e-chains®: Cable wear virtually halved under the toughest conditions.
Test 2233 - CF5.10.25
Control cable CF5.10.25 survives more than 41 million strokes with 25% lower bending.
Lighter energy chain® with less sag
Lighter energy chain® with less sag
Comparison of unsupported length
How does the unsupported length of the igus® e-chains® Series E2.15 and 08 differ under load?
e-chain® series E6.1 is extremely quiet
e-chain® series E6.1 is extremely quiet
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