Dirt and dust no problem

Multi-dimensional cable carrier used on robot in roof-tile production line

Roof tile production in this plant must go on regardless of the dust generated. The company procures its machinery from one manufacturer and has no influence on the components used.

Two robots are employed for palletizing the tiles. A robotic arm takes the tiles from the belt each time, turns around 180° and stack them in packs of 8 or 10. This is carried out at a speed of 6.6 ft/s (2 m/s) over 23.6 inches (60 cm). The air is thick with tile dust. When maintaining its palletizing robots, the roof tile manufacturer made the decision to replace the cable management systems with triflex® R cable carriers, because the original solutions could not withstand the harsh conditions on-site. Machine breakdowns in these economically difficult times were also an expense the company did not want to have to pay out for.