gold vector®...

World's longest travel

The winner of this year’s golden vector® is also the longest travel ever to be realised with plastic Energy Chains® in the world. The travel is 615 metres, and was designed in a power station belonging to the utility company CEZ Group in the Czech Republic. The “heavy-duty” roller Energy Chain System® of the E4/4 series 5050RHD is installed on the conveyer unit of the large lignite excavator “Tušimice II”. The Energy Chain System® with the robust Chainflex® cables make a significant contribution to operational safety, since system downtimes caused by cable breakage, for example, have been reduced to zero. There are a further three Energy Chain Systems® from the E4/4 range with pre-harnessed Chainflex® cables installed in the plant: series 4040 with 100 m travel and two roller Energy Chains® 5050R with 318 m travel each. The systems are directly mounted on the excavator and safely supply energy, data and media.