Modern polymer energy supply chains are the umbilical cord of mechanical engineering and automation These energy chains® ensure the safe supply of energy, data, pulses and operating media and are always in motion. They can be used universally – on cranes, machine tools and robots, all the way to Hollywood.
Die Highspeed-Kamera „E-Liner CAM“ kann sich mitbis zu 23 Metern pro Sekunde parallel zum Testobjekt bewegen und wird dabei mitbis zu 750 m/s2 beschleunigt.
igus® e-chains® of the type 2480 and 2500 are installed in this servo-controlled punching and bending machine RM-NC with innovative slide positioning unit.
This impressive spotlight installation was used on the South American tour of the Mexican singer Alejandro Fernandez.
This machine was developed for the high-speed machining of large precision parts.
This working platform is usually used for underground mining. Up to now, hoses and cables hung loosely from it, which meant they could get caught easily and become damaged.
Two tanks are put together in this welding facility. Therefore two welding devices mounted on a slide, move in a circular movement around the tank.
No matter whether it‘s in the garden, on building sites or during a disaster operation: this compact floodlight will ensure sufficient illumination every time.
The centre section of this bridge over the Piscataqua River between Portsmouth and Kittery in the USA can be raised and lowered using a lifting mechanism.
This multimedia cabinet with a height-adjustable monitor conceals lots of cables which used to simply hang out loose.
There was no standard solution available to developers who wished to route their supply cables over a length of 15 metres in their crane.
A solution suitable for series production was required for routing the supply line of servo-driven rotational axes on linear robots.
This rotary table for wireless access points rotates reliably without impairing signal reception.
This plant measures the humidity in technical textiles – without contact – at any point on the belts, which are up to 6 metres wide.
During the spectacular Festival of Lights in Lyon/France, several robots supported the impressive outdoor illuminations.
This wall bracket allows the TV set to be swivelled through 120 degrees. Up to now, cables simply hung loosely and became tangled after several swivelling movements, causing the cables to break.
This measuring system is moved on a slide through pipes up to seven metres long.
The stripper in sedimentation tanks has an important function: It constantly moves backwards and forwards and filters solids out of the water, which is then forwarded for further treatment.
This labelling machine takes labels from the stack, applies adhesive and then fixes the labels to the packaging.
In this PCB soldering machine, igus® e-chains® ensure the reliable supply of current, nitrogen and oxygen.
The rotary collectors of this woodworking machine were extremely prone to malfunction in the past, and had to be renewed every six months due to damaged electric and hydraulic lines.
This paddle-wheel stacker is used for the intermediate storage of bauxite outdoors and can be moved linearly over a distance of around 330 metres horizontally
These folding sliding blinds are motor-driven and thus automatically protect entire extensively glazed façades from sun radiation.
This Cartesian manipulator uses three mutually independent motors for measurements, each of which has to be supplied with current and data.
Twisted electric lines on the elevators and lifting platforms from this manufacturer permanently led to problems.
These drilling and piling machines are used in railway construction, for example, to set concrete piles for electric cables.
To avoid spoiling the impressive architectural appearance of the concert house in Aalborg/Denmark, the cables were to be routed as discreetly as possible from the distributor box to the lighting technology.
Using this automatic parking system, the driver simply delivers his car at a handover station.
Cole is transported in this handling facility over a distance of 200 meters.
This high-frequency welding apparatus moves in a working area of 8 x 2,5 metres and rotates about 360 degrees.
This device is used in biological laboratories up to protection level BSL-3.
This machine is used in the production lines of Bosch and Philips.
This machine polishes the straight sides of stones and slabs made of granite or marble.
In this bore vehicle, there are up to 6 metres height difference between the mobile machine head and the hydraulic control.
This CNC hybrid machine is a real all-rounder.
This Cartesian robot is used for the production of concrete cavity walls.
The MPI cyber motion simulator has been developed as an alternative to conventional motion simulators.
This machine automatically takes samples from a coal conveyor belt.
The energy chains® used in this rotary table in a robot welding cell before were a long way from fulfilling their task:
This patient positioning and imaging system is used in the radiotherapy.
In this industrial machine, the energy cables, data cables and air hoses have to be routed over several steps.
This machine picks up packaging from a thermoforming machine and sets them down on a belt for further processing.
This machine connects a CNC machining centre with 5-axis technology to an edge-jointing unit, permitting new design options for furniture.
This machine takes over core removal during the production of cast iron moulds.
The service boats of a wind farm operator are prepared for use at this pontoon in Barrow-in-Furness, Great Britain.
This testing device is used to inspect and service transport and power cables made of steel.
The lifting system "Spiralift" is used in theatres and concert halls all over the world to raise and lower parts of the stage, for example.
This X-ray machine can be turned through 90 degrees and moved in a longitudinal direction on a slide.
Maximum precision is required for this friction welding robot.
Railway carriages are unloaded at this station in the Vanino coal-fired power station in Russia by means of a rotating drum structure.
This plant welds metal sheets and requires a large number of cables and lines for this purpose.
These mobile service points can be disconnected extremely easily from the power and data cable.
Presses can be loaded and unloaded as quick as a flash with this double solution. With the so-called "Twin Robot Xbar", two robots work in parallel and serve a total of ten axes.
This machine separates metal sheets which are stacked on a lifting table.
This transfer table in the English harbour town of Felixstowe ensures that railway engines are moved quickly to the correct one of eight tracks.
This machine automatically turns packs of ceramic tiles during palletizing in such a way that the information labels for further transport are visible
This high-tech laser machine is used for the production of modern jeans.
The production machine saws, mills and punches aluminium sheets.
On this coil crane, the motor-driven cable drums required a lot of maintenance.
This production machine processes collector pipes of up to 24 metres in length for boilers.
With this container crane, the pivoting movements often led to damage to the hydraulic pipes.
In this process crane there was a number of required cables and less space available.
For this cutter console, the available space was to low in the machine and the travel length was 2 metres, which was to long for the use of a conventional energy chain®.
In this buiding machine, numerous cables need to be guided safely towards the moving parts.
This robot ensures to transport components faster from one press to the other.
This vacuum band stacker is the last unit in a cut-to-length line for aluminium band of thicknesses 0.8 to 3 mm and stainless steel bend in thicknesses 0.5 to 5 mm.
This test station was developed to test linear drives with variable movements.
This plasma cutting machine cuts metal plates at maximum speed.
This robot measures various small parts and performs a rotation about 300 degrees and a lift of 100 millimeters.
This security door resists almost everything and is even used in the car industry.
This plasma cutting system cuts plates on a length of 45 metres and a width of 4 metres.
In this paint-spray line, which was developed for small and medium-sized business in the automotive, railway, shipbuilding and construction industries, a robot guarantees perfect paint application.
This production machine applies silicon as a seal to casements.
In this installation by the artist Ron Arad, an artificial hand „scratches“ pictures into a glass plate with a diamond ring.
This packing machine automatically turns single bottles inside the packing into the desired position.
This rehabilitation machine increases the moveability of handicapped people.
This construction is used in a TV studio to realize different stage designs within a very short time.
It was very complicated to install or replace hydraulic hoses at this crane.
Six transport trolleys move material through the individual stations in this galvanization plant.
This production machine is used for the milling and turning of materials.
Police and security forces as well as Olympic athletes train at this firing range.
There was only limited design space available for the new development of a drive for industrial trucks.
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