Moving energy made easy -50 years of igus: Energy chains yesterday,today and tomorrow

摘要

Energy chains supply machines with power, data and media and are constantly in motion. They protect the cables against failure and wear. Therefore energy chains form the "umbilical cord of modern mechanical engineering". The enclosed versions, the energy tubes, thereby protect the cables from chips and wood dust. Since the 70s igus GmbH, based in Cologne, has been one of the first companies to manufacture energy chain systems made of plastic.