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What is a service loop?

Tim Schneebeck | 5. July 2019

A service loop is used to guide cables and hoses in hanging applications e.g. as energy supplyon the top drive. For this purpose, the cables are often cast together in a dress pack. Vote Up +0 Vote Down -0You already voted!

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Which installation options are available for mounting brackets?

Marco Thull | 5. July 2019

Four installation options define the position of the connection surfaces of the mounting brackets on energy chains. For most mounting brackets, a distinction is made between the connection surface in the inner radius and outer radius. Here are 4 possible options A1 to A4. Vote Up +0 Vote Down -1You already voted!

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Are plastic energy chains resistant to hot chips?

Marco Thull | 5. July 2019

The material of which igus e-chains are made has to cope with a great deal of stress such as pressure and tensile strain, and must be abrasion-resistant, very sturdy and have a high modulus of elasticity, whereby it must also exhibit stable behaviour at high and low temperatures and be resistant to hot chips. As […]

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What are the disadvantages of service loops?

Tim Schneebeck | 5. July 2019

The cables in the service loops have no guidance and do not have a defined bend radius, so they can move and twist inside the hose, resulting in a broken cable in the worst case scenario. In extremely windy conditions, the freely hanging service loop can get caught in the mast, for example, in the […]

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How strong are vibrations in the e-chains?

Marco Thull | 4. July 2019

Energy supply systems should have lowvibration, so that the precision of machinery and equipment are not affected negatively. However, commercially available models show considerable differences in the vibration behaviour. How strong are the vibrations of energy chains of different manufacturers? The Laboratory for Machine Tools and Industrial Engineering (WZL) of the RWTH Aachen wanted to […]

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