e-skin® soft cleanroom energy chains

With softer material, lower clearance height <200 mm, more flexible filling
filling and can be shortened as required

Typical areas of application: Clean room applications with compact installation spaces, short travel distances, semiconductor production, LCD/LED panel production

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32 % lower clearance height compared to e-skin®
Installation space 135 m
bend radius 40 to 100 mm
6 dB(A) quieter than commercially available "Clean Cable"

Reduce costs

Quick assembly thanks to zip-opening principle
No minimum order quantity - no minimum order quantity available
Cable-friendly due to defined minimum bend radius
Uncomplicated maintenance and inspection of the cables used possible

Proofs

Cleanroom-compatible according to IPA ISO Class 1

sustainability

99 % material savings possible as only the affected cable and not the entire system has to be immersed when replacing the cable
Have your energy or drag chain, regardless of the manufacturer, processed in the igus® Chainge® recycling programme
igus® supports the circular economy of plastic and invests in chemical recycling

Interior separation configurator for the e-skin

With the interior separation configurator for e-skin® corrugated conduits, you can create filling variants in seconds and configure complete e-skin® corrugated conduits with interior separation and connection elements.

Simple handling
Avoidance of filling errors thanks to integrated set of rules
Automatic creation of a parts list and drawing with dimensions
Simple enquiry and ordering of the complete corrugated conduit with chainflex® cable and interior separation in the desired configuration

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Technical details

1 Mounting bracket: stable, with integrated strain relief

2 Small installation space: small bend radius

3 Unsupported application thanks to stop-dog on the e-skin® upper shell

4 cleanroom ISO Class 1: virtually no wear and abrasion

5 Gentle on cables: defined minimum bend radius

6 Easy to install: opening of upper and lower shell for easy filling

Commercially available corrugated hose

igus e-skin

Corrugated hoses have the same bend radius throughout

e-skin® consists of two shells (top/bottom). Movement can be defined by configuring the shells

The interior of corrugated hoses cannot be divided up

e-skin® can be fitted with an interior separation

Corrugated hoses have little or no inherent rigidity.

e-skin® is suitable for short unsupported lengths with limited installation space (2) and has a defined bend radius (5)

Very little any stability in respect of forces acting on the sides

Lateral stability thanks to the oval (6) geometry of the e-skin®

Corrugated hoses cannot be used unsupported

e-skin® is self-supporting and can be used for small, unsupported lengths

Corrugated hoses for dynamic applications cannot be opened

e-skin® can be opened in the outer radius, quick to fill

Tested for real use in the igus® test laboratory

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Endurance test**
The e-skin® developed for cleanroom applications has been tested under realistic conditions with 6.4 million double strokes at 3 m/s in the laboratory.

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Bending test**
The standard bending test shows how flexible the e-skin® soft is. It only bends, even under loads at which other energy chains would already break.

Sound measurement
This test shows how quiet corrugated conduits e-skin® and cleanroom flat cables e-skin® flat are. Compared to flat ribbon cables from competitors, the e-skin® flat only has a volume of 29 dB(A).