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Cables for moving applications: chainflex®

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I am familiar with the chainflex cables from igus and know among other things the required Properties and Bend radii of my cables.

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Configurators and more

I know the environment variables of my application and would like to select and configure my cables conveniently online.

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Knowledge

I am unsure about the selection of the cables and need further information on structure, shielding and more.

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Cable types

I am looking for cable types: control cables, bus cables, data cables, motor cables, fibre optic cables and much more.

chainflex® cables

Drive Tech

I am interested in chainflex cables especially for drive technology with and without connector.

Cables for drive technology

Tech up, Cost down

I want to save costs and know the technical requirements of my cable. Now I want to find the most cost-effective cable.

Save costs with chainflex

chainflex cables in use - Exciting practical examples from our customers

Using the right cable for every industry

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chainflex works - guaranteed and certified!

Do you value safety, quality and reliability when it comes to cables?
So do we! For many years, we have been manufacturing cables specifically for energy chains. It is particularly important to us to test all cables extensively so that they last a long time in your applications.
Today, we can give you a guarantee of up to 4 years on chainflex cables. In addition, our guarantee promise is also UL verified. But how did the guarantee come about and how was it certified?

chainflex® works - guaranteed and certified!

New chainflex products in 2024

Discover this year's innovations here.You can expect exciting products on guarantee, top drive applications, dry environments and drive technology.

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Predictable safety thanks to laboratory and field experience

We test our cables thoroughly in the industry's largest test laboratory.For this, we rely on 64 systems and 800 parallel tests.
After each test, we create a separate test report, which you can fall back on should you require documentation or an overview.Use it to find out test purpose and results.

Go to test reports

chainflex approvals and standards

We at igus make absolutely sure that our chainflex cables fulfil all guidelines and approval regulations and the most important standards worldwide. Here you can find the standards and approvals concerned, and in which regions of the world they play a special role.

Discover all standards and approvals.

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chainflex® CASE - ship'n store by igus

Simply save on delivery, storage space & reordering
As one of 11 new products, the chainflex CASE serves as a simple transport and storage option. Simple reeling of the cable directly at the place of use is now possible.

Tech up:

60% faster reorder - thanks to the label with QR code you go straight to the product page
Simple unreeling directly from the box
Simple storage - Stack up to three boxes where required

Cost down:

84% cheaper shipping with UPS Standard
Delivery within 1-2 business days with UPS Standard
Storage systems and drum unreeler are no longer necessary

Benefit from this technology now!

What are chainflex cables for motion?

Our cables meet all RoHS II and REACH requirements that are currently valid, as well as every standard in electromagnetic compatibility. They are certified according to UL, DNV, EAC, CTP and CE and are also approved and certified for use in systems according to EtherCAT, CC-Link, CC-Link IE Field, Profibus, Profinet and Interbus.

A wide range of cable types with different jacket materials ensures a high reliability in energy chains. igus chainflex cables withstand various applications with high speed and acceleration, long travels and tough environmental conditions.

What advantages do our cables offer?

30 years of experience
4-year guarantee
Tested in our own laboratory on over 4,000 square metres, 125 test systems, over 800 ongoing tests
Largest range with 1,354 cable types for data, bus and hybrid systems, control and drive systems
Calculable and configurable service life
Available from stock, from 1 m length and within 36h
Cables for every type of movement: horizontal, vertical, torsion, high speed
Samples freely available
50% time saving during stripping thanks to unique CFRIP technology
Optionally with intelligent tensile force monitoring from smart plastics for particularly heavily loaded cables

More about the advantages of chainflex

What is the difference between the cables?

What do we mean by the first type of cable?
Most cables are rarely seen. They are protected against unfavourable surroundings. The application areas are primarily restricted to seabeds, masts where they function as so-called overhead cables, or underground applications. In contrast to electrical engineering, the term is becoming more and more popular in communication and information technology.

Then, what do we mean by the second type of cable?
In contrast to concealed cables, we encounter exposed cables much more frequently in everyday life. Similar to concealed cables, these (usually multi-core) cables are also used for energy or data transfer. In addition to high-voltage cables as well-known and visible cable types, cables for connecting TVs to game consoles or for charging a mobile phone are common everyday examples.

Sensor for a smart cable | i.Sense CF.P

This sensor has an "affinity" for cables...
Cables that run in an energy chain require a particularly intensive "look":

The CF.P sensor measures the tensile forces on the cables
Permanently increased tensile forces can lead to cable damage and, in the worst case, to a cable fire
The CF.P sensor recognises incorrectly performed maintenance on the cables

Everything about the smart chainflex cable