Test setup: CFROBOT5 fibre optic cable

In this test, the life expectancy of the CFROBOT5.501 was to be analysed in a torsion application in the triflex® R at a rotation angle of +/- 180 degrees/m.

The Fibre Optic Cable cable of the CFROBOT5 robot cable family is always immediately associated with a 6-axis articulated robot, because torsion is always involved. But that doesn't always have to be the case, because customers very often have sensitive signals to carry. These signals come from actuators that are guided in free, undefined movements and torsion also plays a role there. Extremely precise measurements produce an incredible amount of data and this can be transported most reliably without interference via a fibre optic cable. The challenge is to cushion the sensitive fibre optic element in the cable so that it cannot be damaged and, of course, permanently.

With a test result of over 27 million cycles, it was confirmed that the cable fulfils the high demands of a measurement application.