chainflex® flexible cables work and have a 36 month guarantee based on test data that led to a UL verification

The idea was to design cables for permanent use in our plastic energy chains. igus, as a plastics processing company, now had to go into unfamiliar territory.  Once the idea had been conceived, we spent many months planning and designing an optimal setup, producing prototypes and conducting extensive testing. This way we ensured the longest possible service life for our cables, satisfying our customers needs.  As a result, igus introduced the first control cable series CF1 and CF2 in 1988.

Furthermore, these tests suggest that an e-chain cable reflects the stress in an e-chain, e.g. by changing bending directions. But these bending loads in the energy chain always follow the chain radius, with constant bend radius and direction. This results in a significantly higher mechanical stress on the cables.
The standard test is therefore not suitable for checking an energy chain cable properly. Therefore, the chainflex laboratory has specialised in its own realistic experiments and tests. We present specific case studies from daily practice. For these standard tests, parameters defined by igus are used: e.g. the cables are tested in different bend radii and travel distances according to their specifications.

Why not provide the catalogue product range with a clear guarantee to give every user security? Because whenever energy or data is routed or moved, cables that can withstand the appropriate loads are needed. In order to be able to guarantee the greatest possible safety here, we are aware of our responsibility as the world market leader for energy chains and, with chainflex, supply the best possible cable solution that is guaranteed to work.

Statements have emerged that take into account a wide variety of applications and can even be calculated online. We give a guarantee of up to 36 months on every chainflex cable delivered from our catalogue range. This guarantee promise is based on the findings gained in the company's own test laboratory, which is the world's largest e-chain test laboratory with 2750m². All our cable types are vigorously tested here in over 800 parallel tests. The advertised service life is therefore not loose promises, but are based on facts from the numerous tests in e-chains.

For customers, this provides reassurance and the certainty that this guarantee statement is not just a throwaway marketing statement. It is a statement based on real data. In addition, this has now been confirmed once again by one of the largest independent and renowned test institutes in the world.

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