Condition monitoring
Energy chains monitor movement on the robot
Energy chain sensors from Igus monitor the movement of Güdel's linear robots and measure wear, making it possible to plan maintenance by recording and evaluating the data.
Predictive maintenance planning: Igus is not only pursuing this goal with its intelligent smart plastics products for monitoring energy chains, cables and plain bearings, manufacturers of machines and systems are also offering more and more solutions with their own condition monitoring tools. One of these companies is the Swiss company Güdel: the automation specialist uses Igus EC.M and EC.W sensors for its linear robots.
"The sensors measure the movement and wear of the four energy chains used and send the measured values to the Güdel condition monitoring computer via the icom data concentrator," explains Richard Habering, Head of the smart plastics business unit at Igus. By connecting to the Igus Cloud, the data is evaluated using AI and machine learning. The analyzed data is integrated via the Güdel condition monitoring system.
"The tool allows users to monitor the condition of their energy chains and rollers during operation," says Daniel Bangerter, Head of Customer Care at Güdel. "By recording and evaluating the data, maintenance can be planned." as
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