Four-fold load capability
Multi-dimensionally moving energy supply system for a palletising robot
Triflex® R (R for "round") is the third generation 3-axis energy chains from igus®. The multiaxial energy supply system Triflex® R has been specially developed for the sophisticated 6-axis robotic applications in harsh industrial environments. Some of the important design features are: Fiber rod option for the partial reinforcement of the Triflex® R, approximately ±10° Torsion per chain link, high tensile strength through ball-and-socket joint. In the meantime, the Triflex® R product range consists of more than 100 components, so that all requirements of large welding robots up to the small pallet robots can be met. Triflex® R has received the iF design award.
Typical industrial sectors and applications:
First choice for industrial robots, machine tools, 6-axle handling equipment, conveyor technology, general mechanical engineering and many more.
Overview of Triflex® R applications:
Robotic systems in automotive welding and assembly lines
Compactly built and 3D movable energy supply system
Mobile laser hardening system
Reliable 3D energy-chain for a mobile laser hardening system
CNC multi-spindle lathes
Greater freedom of motion at very high cycle rates
3D plasma cutting heads
Having the ability to move in all directions, 3D energy chains permit axes to swivel continuously.
Multi-directional sideloader
This sideloader solves flexible logistics tasks for wooden panels.
Melting furnace
This furnace, which is used to melt stainless steel, is operated at very high temperatures.
Welding robot
Increased speeds and acceleration by exchanging festoonings with e-chains®.
CNC machine
This equipment is used to machine metal components used in construction equipment.
Zoom X-Ray detector
Only maintenance-free components can be used in this x-ray application.
Robots in the automotive industry
An uncluttered work space without distracting cables for high reliability.
Spot-welding robot
An uncluttered work space and fewer malfunctions are possible without distracting cables.
Inspection robot
Light-weight and mobile robot to inspect pipes on inclines and declines.
CNC automatic lathes
Pre-assembled E-ChainSystems® increase machine availability in CNC automatic lathes.
Automotive industry
Multidimensionally moveable energy supply systems provide the highest flexibility and the longest holding times in all complex movements, and at the same time are installation friendly.
Clean room technology
The number of freely hanging cables should be bundled together. The specific movements executed by the robot stress the energy cables to a high degree.
Pharmaceutical industry
The task was to design a reliable handling and also update it optically according to the latest technology.
8 hours saved in installation
By the use of Triflex® RS, the start-up of a complete system for robot-aided production of household appliances could be shortened from 12 to 4 hours.
Multi-axis robot 3D chain
Due to the high degree of freedom from maintenance, all axes of a 6-axis robot were equipped with multi-dimensional energy chains® in the retrofit process.
Satellite salvage service
An increasing amount of space junk, in other words no longer required or defect parts from space missions orbiting the earth, is also threatening current missions.
Household appliances production
Just 24 hours passed between order, delivery and installation. The entire system functions without any problem from the first day on.
Photovoltaics
Dust, sand, heat and rain: Energy chain for the solar technology for multiaxial movements in a photovoltaic plant.
Project ADVOCUT
Design of a machine tool with highly integrated mechatronic milling module.
Suspended articulated arm robot
Triflex® R as a complete solution for several tasks at once on a suspended robot
Handling system
Robotic handling system for circuit boards. Flexible energy supply system in use in clean room technology.
Automatic screwdriver system
A faultless supply of screws is guaranteed by the bend protection of the Triflex® R system.
Dummy robot
A very high acceleration provided an enormouschallenge for the design engineers of this robot.
Cable guide on the robot
Prior to the use of the E-Chain®, the cables were fastened with cable ties. That frequently led to entangled cables and the corkscrew effect, which lets the cables become susceptible to core ruptures.
Cable guide on the robot
In the case of these robots, the hosepackage had to be replaced very fewweeks.
Cable guide on the robot
In the case of this industrial robot, a rigid pipe between the 3rd and 6th axis wasreplaced by a multidimensional, flexible Triflex® R energy chain®.
Laser measuring telescope
The rotary motion in both directions by up to 310° is also possible at high speeds of up to 20 meters per second.
Robot for printed circuit boardhandling
For the handling of printed circuit boards, a six-axis robot is used in the case of this application instead of the usual linear systems.
Photovoltaic tracking system
Automatically aligning the photovoltaic tracking systems to the position of the sun with the aid of lubricant-free plastic plain bearings produces a particularly high efficiency.
Laser-welding-robot
This laser welding robot works extremely fast. Here, a very flexible and, above all, fail-safe energy supply system is required.
Large Binocular Telescope
After its completion, this giant telescope in Arizona(USA) will look deep into our universe; the two mainmirrors each have diameter of 8.4 metres.
SCARA robot
The special feature of thisapplication is the hot chips produced during the machining process, which do not stick tothe igus® E-Chain® and therefore extremely reduce the maintenance expenditure as a result.
Dragon robot
A robot as an actor: Tradinno is one of the main actors in Germany's oldest folk play the "Further Drachenstich".
Assembly robot
The combination of movements in different axes makes it difficult to dimension the cables properly. If they are too short, they tear.
High-frequency
spindle robot
This high-frequency spindle robot has been improved – not only in terms of looks – by the use of the universal module Triflex® RS.
Industrial scanners
Here, igus® E-Chains® are used in two industrial scanner applications. With the first application, cracks can be determined in concrete slabs.
Control robot
This robot in a car factory is the “supervisor” over five smaller robots that supply it.
Assembly robot
These robots assemble household appliances such as dishwashers. They ensure safe handling when welding two plastic moulded parts.
Lithotripter
This device breaks down kidney stones using electromagnetic shock waves, so that an operation is no longer necessary.
Spot-welding robot
The downtimes have been drastically reduced through the use of an igus® solution for this robot in automotive construction, too.
Robot for car glass handling
igus® Triflex® R has successfully replaced the previous solution attempted with this robot, too.
Robot in car factory
Extremely cramped conditions repeatedly led to problems with Energy Chains® used with robots in a car factory.
Robot arm for labeling
The robot arm in this application labels car parts. Its special feature is the almost fence- less operation.
MIG welding robot
Cable protection is particularly important for this application, since the welding robot works with gas!
Cableway switch
Every day, the cableway cabins on the Kitzsteinhorn cableway have to be moved off or put back onto the storage sidings in the top and bottom stations.
Self-stabilizing platform "Ampelmann“
This platform, which has been given the name “Ampelmann”, is used on the open sea.
Tobacco packaging
A lot of dust occurs during the tobacco packing. For this reason, an E-Chain® that works perfectly even under very dusty conditions had to be found for this packaging machine.
Test equipment
Robot energy chain Triflex® R in test equipment for the pharmaceutical industry.
Further interesting applications from extremely diverse areas can be found here.