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over 6 years
How to Manage Lateral Movement on Long-Travel Energy Chains

This blog post covers how to handle lateral deviations in long travel e-chain applications. It introduces the Floating Tow Arm and describes how it can be implemented to avoid damage & maintenance.

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over 6 years
Stop Spending Millions on Robot Downtime Now

Are you experiencing costly downtime due to robot cable failures? Read how you can put a stop to these costly downtimes right now.

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over 6 years
Top 10 Strain Relief Mistakes Wreaking Havoc on Your Crane Cables

Blog post explaining the top 10 cable strain relief mistakes that reduce cable lifetime that Crane Industry Manager, Dave Kortkamp sees out in the field.

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over 6 years
How to reduce EOT crane maintenance costs by up to 60%

Blog post covering the hidden maintenance costs associated with cable management on overhead cranes or EOT cranes. A comparison of maintenance costs on festooned cranes and cranes with energy chains

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over 6 years
Industry Secrets: Stop These 5 Hidden Cable Carrier Killers Today

Right now, there are cable management systems everywhere praying that you're reading this blog post because they don't want to die young. Dramatic much? Not entirely.

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over 6 years
Robots bring airplane production up to speed

Robots are helping a European manufacturer of airplanes cut into an eight-year backlog of orders for one of its most popular aircrafts.

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over 6 years
On robot demo: triflex® R cobot cable management kit

Order your cobot cable management kit here: https://www.igus.com/info/collaborative-robot-cable-management See how our Velcro cable management system moves with a UR cobot and protects its cables.

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over 6 years
Installing your triflex® R cobot cable management kit

Installation of igus® cobot cable management kit with part number: TR.COB.VEL.40 If you missed the cobot cable management kit unboxing video, watch it here: https://youtu.be/_Cqg_k6UK-Q And visit our

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over 6 years
Unboxing your triflex® R cobot cable management kit

Unboxing of igus® cobot cable management kit with part number: TR.COB.VEL.40 More information on triflex® R here: https://www.igus.com/info/robotics-multi-axis-cable-carriers To see how to install the

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over 6 years
Assembly & disassembly – triflex® TRE

Browse the triflex® TRE shop here: https://www.igus.com/product/20500 To purchase the tool, click here: https://www.igus.com/product/20590 triflex® TRE's unique ball and socket design allows the us

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over 6 years
Exploring the features – triflex® R for robot cable management

Still stuffing your robot's cables and hoses into corrugated tubing? It's time for an upgrade. triflex® R is an optimized cable management system meant to protect your cables and hoses from 100% of me

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over 6 years
7 Cable Management Mistakes to Avoid

Read about how you can avoid costly, unplanned downtime caused by these seven common cable & cable carrier mistakes.

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almost 7 years ago
10 motion plastics innovations for material handling automation

Check out 10 innovative motion plastics solutions igus offers for the material handling industry. This includes energy chains for safe and repeatable linear movements, chainflex cables, & more.

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almost 7 years ago
The igus® Story Part 1: The Early Years, Bearings, and Cable Management

Read the fascinating history behind igus® and how the creation of our composite plastic bearing materials & cable carriers changed the entire industry.

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almost 7 years ago
Guidefast System Unboxing Overview

Wondering what comes in our Guidefast System Box? Here''s what to expect when you order a Guidefast System for your EOT Crane. For more information, visit https://www.igus.com/info/industries-indoor

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almost 7 years ago
Corrugated tubing vs. triflex® R on multi-axis robots

Using corrugated tubing on your multi-axis robot can lead to premature cable wear and eventual failure. However, triflex® R has been optimized to decrease downtime and improve production.

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almost 7 years ago
triflex® R clips installation on UR robot

Do you operate a UR collaborative robotic arm? Watch as our friends at Apodius GmbH install the igus® triflex® R cable management system for collaborative robots. Learn more about triflex® R: https:

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about 7 years
Cable management systems for storage and retrieval units

Flexible cables and fast-moving cable management systems are a perfect alternative to bus bars inside storage and retrieval machines. These systems can handle many types of media including, power, dat

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about 7 years
Moving desk cable management made easy with OCR energy chain

Read about how the maintenance-free OCR energy chain from igus® simplifies cable management for moving desks & allows for easy installation via magnetic mounts.

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about 7 years
Steel vs. plastic cable carriers

Plastic energy chains have begun to replace steel on most applications. View this infographic to learn about all of the advantages plastic cable carriers offer.

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over 7 years
Flexible Cable Management for Adjustable Desks

Read about how the new flexible cable management from igus provides an industrially-inspired office furniture cable management solution.

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