autoglide - special solutions for long travels without trough guides
Long travels are always demanding for an energy chain system. For much of the travel, the e-chain® must run on the lower run or on glide bars. The energy chain system also needs guides in order to prevent a sideways movement. In most cases this is ensured by using a guide trough. However, there are also applications where a guide trough is not desirable for space reasons, whether this is due to visual or spatial requirements. The autoglide system was developed in 1995 to fill this gap. autoglide energy chains are self-guiding, need no guide troughs, and have travels of up to 80 m. You save purchase and installation costs and can keep tracks in the hall free for such equipment as forklifts and industrial trucks.
Advantages autoglide:
- Self-guiding energy chain systems, no guide trough needed
- Safe, low noise, abrasion-resistant and energy efficient
- For travels of up to 80m
- Travel speeds of up to 4m/s
- Cost-effective solution, guide troughs not required
- Very fast installation times for long travel distances, since no guide troughs are needed!
- Small width, quiet operation
autoglide system
autoglide 5
Steel cable floor guide
- Energy, data, air and liquids in ONE system
- Assembly times 88% shorter than those for a conventional solutions
- 80m travel
- Quiet operation: 63db(A) at 2m/s
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E4.1AG
For the E4.1 series
- Simple guide elements for quick installation
- For travel lengths over 10m
- Floor guides can be driven over
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E2/000AG
- Travel distance up to 60m and speed up to 2.0m/s
- Very compact, avoids troughs forming an obstacle in the working area
- Openable along the inner radius
- Floor guides can be driven over
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easy chain AG
- Very quick assembly time - "easy" design even for long travels
- Easy to fill – cables and hoses can be inserted without opening the chain
- Single part design
- Small width, quiet operation
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White paper: Energy chain with steel-rope guide as an alternative to a busbar?
Up to now, many users have been relying on busbars to supply power to indoor and outdoor cranes, electric trains, and storage and retrieval units. Costs roughly the same as a busbar, but with advantages in regard to installation, modularity, and maintenance: the autoglide 5 combines the best of both worlds. Read more in the white paper "Energy chain with steel-rope guide as an alternative to a busbar?"Download white paper now
More information
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Go to the energy chain configurator
