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chainflex® Know-How
Because we give you up to 4 years guarantee on our cables
Since the middle of the 1980s, the technical requirements of energy chain systems on the part of the machine and plant manufacturers have been steadily increasing. Travels have become longer, movements quicker and bend radii smaller. Core and jacket damage, jacket abrasion and corkscrews were the consequences for machine builders and end customers. igus® faced the challenges and together with the University of Applied Sciences, Cologne, developed cables that could withstand a high degree of mechanical stress.
After extensive tests in the igus® test lab, it became clear that the cables with cores wound in bundles, short pitch lengths, high tensile strength centre elements and gusset-filling extruded outer jackets exceeded expectations. Meanwhile, the product range comprises over 1,350 cables for different application areas. Since 2013, igus® has guaranteed a service life of up to 4 years or up to 10 million double strokes, depending on which occurs first.
Online tools for chainflex® cables
With the useful online tools, you can find products according to your individual requirements, configure custom cables and calculate the service life.
chainflex® cables Wiki
The chainflex cable expertise pooled together - Find out more about the important technical and mechanical specifications of cables. We will also show you the special features of cables for motion and how to find the ideal cable solution for your application.
chainflex® range and benefits
What advantages do our cables offer?
- 30 years of experience
- Four-year guarantee
- Tested in our own laboratory spread over an area of 3,800m², 125 test systems, over 800 ongoing tests
- The largest range with over 1,350 cable types for data, bus and hybrid systems, control system and drive
- Predictable and configurable service life
- Available from stock, from 1m length within 36h
- Cables for any type of motion: horizontal, vertical, torsion, high speed
- Freely available samples
- 50% time reduction when stripping due to unique CFRIP technology
- Optionally with intelligent tensile force monitoring from smart plastics for exceptionally heavy-duty cables
Benefits in our online shop
When purchasing a cable, customers are often faced with a lot of costs that are not immediately evident, such as expenses for packaging, cutting or smaller quantities, which quickly drive up the price of the individual cable. To ensure you get the best possible shopping experience, we rely on transparency and avoid hidden additional costs.
- No cutting charges
- No packaging costs
- No minimum order quantity (available from 1m)
- No low-quantity surcharge
All prices in our shop can be seen directly and without registration
chainflex® safety and quality
The largest test lab for moving cables worldwide
The chainflex cables are tested on a floor area of 3,800m² and with two billion test cycles per year. Thanks to these extensive tests, reliability is guaranteed!
chainflex works - guaranteed and certified!
Do you value cable safety, quality, and reliability?
So do we! For many years, we have been manufacturing cables specifically for energy chains. It is particularly important to us to test all cables extensively so that they last a long time in your applications.
Today, we can give you a guarantee of up to 4 years on chainflex cables. In addition, our guarantee promise is also UL verified. But how did the guarantee come about and how was it certified?
chainflex approvals and standards
We at igus make absolutely sure that our chainflex cables fulfil all guidelines and approval regulations and the most important standards worldwide. Here you can find the standards and approvals concerned, and in which regions of the world they play a special role.
Discover all standards and approvals.
chainflex® cables in use
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