Online delivery of drive cables

The ready cable product finder from igus with its newly integrated service life calculator ensures fast delivery starting from 24 hours.

Using the igus “readycable product finder” online tool, harnessed drive cables used in the energy chain can be easily selected and ordered from igus. The newly integrated service life calculator now expands the service and predicts the lifetime of the cable.

If the user is looking for a highly flexible drive cable, then igus offers technically the best and the most cost-effective solution for more than 4200 cable types, according to 24 manufacturer standards with the readycable product finder. Simply enter the part number of igus or the manufacturer, or select the name of the drive manufacturer from the menu. Then click on the required cable type and the product finder will list all suitable drive cables. The overview covers the various cable qualities, such as PUR, PVC or TPE outer jacket, including their most important properties such as bend radius and travel length. The newly integrated service life calculator predicts the lifetime of the cable in the e-chain after entering various parameters, such as speed, operating temperature and acceleration.

Ready-to-connect cables for motion, with guarantee
The motion plastics specialist igus has been developing cables specifically designed for use in the energy chain. Because of their special jacket materials, the highly flexible cables are wear-resistant and with many approvals such as UL, EAC or DNV-GL, are also suitable for use in the desert, on oil rigs and in dynamic applications in intralogistics. Since all cables are tested in their own test laboratory spread over 2,750 sq.m of floor space, igus offer a unique 36-month guarantee on its complete line of cables. The data from the test laboratory is also included in the service life calculator. igus offers all cables that are ready-to-connect and assembled as a readychain in an energy chain or also unharnessed as individual components without connector, sold by the metre or to the required length.