By Avory Brookins At this point, you probably already know that our chainflex® cable 36-month lifetime guarantee and service life calculator, which is based on 2 billion test cycles per year, have been verified...
By Andreas Muckes Time and again we talk about the bend radius of our energy chains and cables. We will take a closer look at what that means exactly and why the bend radius is...
by Nils Jager The other day, a friend’s daughter said to me: “Plastic? But plastic is not good!” Responding to her statement gave me the idea to take up the topic of environmental protection...
By Nils Jager Everyday life can present us with surprises and dangers. That’s why people like to hedge their bets. They can do this with insurance, but guarantees also help us feel safe. If...
By Sascha Mais The explanation for how a plastics company like igus came to develop durable cables for cable carriers is actually quite simple. When igus launched the first plastic cable carrier in 1971,...
By Max Herrmann Have you ever wondered why most cable conductors are made of copper and not another conductive material, like silver, gold or aluminum? And what’s up with gold-plated plugs? Read on to...
By Katharina Esch Cables are frequently designed with PVC or PUR outer jackets. In addition to those, igus® uses TPE (thermoplastic elastomers) materials. TPE is a very robust material that we use in high-end cables meant for challenging applications....
By Avory Brookins Photo: “201014-N-RG482-0033” by Navy Medicine, licensed under Public Domain Mark 1.0 The COVID-19 pandemic has sparked an increase in demand for UV disinfection robots, which use ultraviolet radiation to kill germs in the air and/or...
By Tim Schneebeck DNV is a classification society that was created in 2013 after the merger of Det Norske Veritas (Norway) and Germanischer Lloyd (Germany). The company assesses ships and offshore structures for safety and...
By Jan Arnoldy For some time now, we’ve seen an upward trend in using hybrid cables for servo drives. Due to this development, we’ve been constantly expanding our range of hybrid cables to better fulfill the...