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Robot cables for 3D movements

What is a robot cable?

The complex movements in industrial applications demand twistable and/or three-dimensionally moving cables with a long service life. For example, a movable robot arm generates high bending, centrifugal and torsion forces in a robot cable. The chainflex® robot cables have been specifically designed and tested for this requirement.


A wide selection of twistable chainflex® CFROBOT cables are available, such as shielded single cores, motor cables, servo cables, measuring system cables, bus cables and hybrid and control cables. In contrast to conventionally constructed copper shields with braiding, the CFROBOT generally uses a torsion-resistant, tinned copper shield stranding.  

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Service life calculator

Service life calculator tool

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chainflex® robot cable options

chainflex® motor cable CFROBOT

robot cable
  •  For twistable applications
  • Flame retardant
  • Hydrolysis and microbe-resistant
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chainflex® control cable CFROBOT2

robot cables
  • For twistable applications
  • Coolant resistant
  • Notch-resistant
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chainflex® data cable CFROBOT3

robot cable
  • Flame retardant
  • Outer jacket: PUR
  • Hydrolysis and microbe-resistant
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Measuring system cable CFROBOT4

robot cable
  • PVC-free
  • Halogen-free
  • Silicone-free
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chainflex® motor cable CFROBOT6

robot cable
  • Outer jacket: PUR
  • Coolant resistant
  • Hydrolysis and microbe-resistant
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chainflex® motor cable CFROBOT7

robot cable
  • Silicone-free
  • UV resistance: High
  • Oil resistance: Oil-resistant
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chainflex® bus cable CFROBOT8

chainflex robot cable
  • Flame retardant
  • Hydrolysis and microbe-resistant
  • UV-resistant
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Hybrid control cable CFROBOT9

robot cable
  • UV-resistant
  • PVC-free
  • For twistable applications
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Harnessed cables for robots

drive robot cable
  • For a full overview of all readycable® drive cables available you can visit the overview page here.
  
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Special structure and specifications of a chainflex® robot cable

Cores, stranded structure, shields and jacket materials must compensate for high alternating bending loads as well as cable diameter changes due to torsional movements. Filling elements are used which can absorb occurring forces such as torsions. For this purpose, PTFE elements and rayon threads are installed. This "mechanical stress" differs greatly between cables in a linear e-chain® system and a cable subjected to bending, torsional and centrifugal forces. This cannot usually be determined in advance. The igus® Torsion Test Standard was developed for this purpose. This standard allows a reproducible assessment based on meaningful test results. All CFROBOT cables with a fixed end distance of one metre are twisted at least 5 million times. 
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triflex® R readychain® robot hose package

In production plants, high durability of components and the lowest possible downtime are the priority. With a triflex® R readychain® robot dress pack, both are combined and optimised. We develop a customised dress pack system, consisting of triflex® R, chainflex® and igus® connectors: 
  • Eliminate storage costs for cables, e-chains® and connectors
  • Cut lead times by half
  • Flexible response to order fluctuations
  • Minimise your machine downtime
  • Reduce the number of subcontractors and related orders
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Application example


e-chain

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triflex®

Maybe even robotic cable management

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readychain

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