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With the increasing automation of intralogistics, automated guided vehicles (AGVs), automated storage and retrieval systems and shuttle systems are becoming the decisive "employees". Igus offers high-performance polymers for their maintenance-free continuous use.
read more...At Emo 2019, Igus will be demonstrating how machine tool manufacturers and customers can take their maintenance to a new level and reduce costs with smart machine components made from high-performance plastics.
read more...Industry is exploring the potential of a DC power supply. It offers enormous energy-saving potential. Lapp addressed this issue at an early stage and is now offering its first DC cables. An important question that the company would like to answer in research projects: Are AC cables also suitable for DC?
read more...Extreme conditions often prevail on deep drilling rigs in the oil and gas industry. Igus has now developed the e-loop for safe cable routing of the top drive. The new modular energy chain made of high-performance plastics ensures a defined bending radius for the cables and withstands vibrations and shocks.
read more...Industrial robots have to work dynamically and quickly in production. Therefore, safe and compact guidance of cables and hoses is required. This is where the three-dimensional Triflex energy chains from Igus come into play.
read more...LQ Mechatronik-Systeme offers the production of complete, ready-to-install cable carrier systems. The company organizes everything on request, from engineering and assembly to shipping on adapted transport racks and comprehensive service.
read more...The Dutch company CraneSolutions has recently installed the Easy Guide System from Tsubaki Kabelschlepp. The flexible guide channel makes it possible to dispense with cumbersome festoon systems for indoor cranes.
read more...Self-developed robots and a driverless transport vehicle automate labor-intensive processes in worm farming.
read more...Igus manufactures its pre-assembled readychain cable carriers largely by hand. Nevertheless, they pay off for users from a quantity of one. By reducing production costs and potential sources of error, the model reduces the burden on machine and plant manufacturers from the start of the product life cycle.
read more...The Icom.plus module enables predictive maintenance, and the user can decide how he wants to integrate the data obtained: from an offline version to connection to the Igus server for automatic spare parts ordering.
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