eBooks

Design basics: plastic cable carriers

Ready to put an end to cable failure on your machines for good? This basics guide covers everything you need to know to get started with cable carriers.

21st Century solutions for dynamic cable management

Moving applications integrated with cables require durable cable management systems. With machines constantly developing to meet higher standards, new challenges in managing systems’ cables come into

Tips and Tricks for Designing with Cable Carriers

Cable carriers are an ideal way to protect cables, hoses, and all other lines throughout movement on modern machinery, while protecting them from abrasion, tangling, and over bending. In this eBook, e

Inside the continous-flex cable test lab

In this interactive eBook, igus® cable experts reveal their tried and true development and testing methods used to create guaranteed chainflex® continuous-flex cables.

Design Basics: Continuous-Flex Cables

Choosing the correct cable for moving applications can mean the difference between a few thousand and tens of millions of cycles of flexing operation. Static, flexible and continuous-flex cables are a

The Argument for Plastic: The development, testing, and advantages of plastic bearings

Design Basics: Plastic Bearings

A rapidly growing number of industries have replaced traditional metal bearings with advanced plastic materials. However, some engineers without experience with these plastic materials may be reluctan