gus® E-ChainSystem® is like the umbilical cord of modern machines. Energy Chains® and drag chains take care of the supply of energy, data and signals and for this reason are continuously in motion. We offer you all components - E-Chains®, special cables, plug connections, all accessories - individually or as complete system. For that, igus® has the largest selection worldwide with over 80,000 products from stock. We take responsibility for the operation.

Our Energy Chain® catalog offers you the possibility to assemble a chain including interior separation with cable at few mouse clicks. The product overview and several selection aids are available for you to select the suitable Energy Chain®.

Chainflex® are the special cables for E-Chains® – tested, tested and tested.

- Smallest bending radii
- Tested up to 30 million cycles in E-Chains®
- Various jacket materials
- Various approvals and conformities: UL, CE, CSA, Desina

The goal of every Chainflex® cable
Sensitive applications with high number of cycles, high speeds and accelerations as well as demanding environmental conditions, required especially in the energy supply of tested and long-lasting functionally safe systems. EMV safety requirements and the compliance with norms and guidelines such as UL, CSA, VDE, INTERBUS and PROFIBUS are an essential requirement today. Ultimately your automation should work nonstop anywhere in the world from an economical point of view. That's the igus® mission.

It is no contradiction to say that good cables cost less.
Ready availability anywhere in the world is an essential purchase criterion. Advantages of our cables: Successfully tested and proved, presence in over 40 countries around the globe, and the capacity to deliver off the shelf. This saves time, money, storage capacity and valid for each of our over 600 cable types, which you can order without obligation or surcharge for a minimum purchase. The special advantages to be added depend on your special operating conditions.

igus® tested and proved
As manufacturer of E-Chains® and special E-Chain® cables, igus® makes use of the opportunity to test E-Chains® and cables in actual practice. In our own pilot plant in Cologne, numerous parallel tests are conducted under the most severe conditions. At present there are over 35 setups, and the test results are pooled in the database. This extensive and current datapool supplies precise and reliable data about the actual service life and at the same time forms the foundation of the new product development in the company. The test data for E-Chains® and cables, and also for ready-assembled systems, are so extensive that igus® has secured a functional guarantee for its variety of E-ChainSystems® based on the application.

Good reasons for ready-to-install assembled E-ChainSystems® from igus®
- Increase your cash-flow
- Keep your capacities flexible
- Reduce your throughput times
- Avoid machine downtimes
- Turn 30-100 orders into one
- Reduce your storage costs to zero
- Modern equipment - enables reasonable prices with highet quality
- Our own test laboratory for testing your selected components
- More than 3000 connectors and accessories from stock
- Delivery with attachments and sheet metal components specific to the machine
- Certified quality according to DIN EN ISO 9001:2008
- Our own ReadyChain® factory with over 80 specialists
- Up to 800 systems a week leave the factory
- Make use of our experience since 1993
- Worldwide service in over 45 countries

Standardized ReadyChain® packages facilitate your entry:

Bearings of high performance plastics
Lower costs and raise service life by eliminating lubrication and lowering maintenance works, everything delivered from stock immediately - that is the core idea iglidur® polymers are tested in abrasion, friction and other material properties. They built the technological core of the igus® products. Polymer plain bearings from igus® signifies the step from the plastic bushing to the proven and tested, and thereby calculable and quickly available, machine element.

igubal® self-aligning maintenance-free spherical bearings made of high-performance polymers
igubal® is a system of self-aligning bearing elements completely made of plastic.

With the igubal® type series, a complete system of self-aligning bearing elements are available for the design engineer: Rod end bearings, clevis joints, flange bearings, spherical bearings and pillow block bearings. Self-aligning bearings are easy to mount, suit all angular variations and in many cases have already been able to replace special housings.

The igubal® user utilizes all advantages of the employed high performance plastics. They have excellent vibration dampening properties, and are technically applicable in dry operation. They are insensitive to dirt, can operate in liquids and even in chemicals and are completely resistant to corrosion.

Bearing elements of the igubal® type series are very light, save installation space by their dimensions and save your costs twice: first in procurement and second in operation by the saving of maintenance and installation costs.

Advantages of igubal®:
- Especially low-priced, maintenance-free
- No lubrication, insensitive to dust and dirt
- Corrosion-free, applicable in liquid media
vibration dampening
- Inner rings mounted with extremely low clearance
- No dirt penetration

Glides instead of rolling!
DryLin® linear bearings operate on glide pads unlike the common recirculating ball bearing systems. Tests conducted over the years have shown that iglidur® J, J 200 and X are the ideal materials for most linear applications due to their positive properties in wear and friction. Hence the DryLin® linear plain bearings are equipped with these materials.

DryLin® linear bearing systems are designed for the dry operation. Your applications are thereby protected against soiling by grease or oil. In contrast to recirculating ball bearings, the DryLin® bearings do not depend on the travel length and hence do not pose any conditions on the minimum stroke length.

iglidur® for free creativity – available now as round bar stock or even as mechanically machined components – for tests, prototypes or small batches.

- iglidur® materials as round material from stock or mechanically ready-machined special components and special sizes in 3 to 5 days.
- fast and economical
- calculable service life now also for mechanically machined plain bearings



Industries:
Medical technology, custom machine fabrication, maintenance engineering, plant engineering, etc.

The xiros® plastic ball bearings are single-row grooved ball bearings based on DIN 625. The lubricant-free and maintenance-free ball bearings consist of four components:

- The outer ring
- The inner ring
- The cage
- And the balls

The inner and outer rings are made of igus® tribopolymers to maximize service life and minimize coefficients of friction. In contrast to metallic ball bearings, xiros® plastic ball bearings manage absolutely without lubrication. For this reason they are suited for a multitude of applications that depend not on extreme rotary speeds or loads, but just on lubricant-free application in contrast to permanently lubricated metallic ball bearings. These areas are for example food and medical industries, packaging and textile industries, or the chemical industry and cleanroom applications as well as electronics and office technology.

Why the plug connector from igus®?
igus® offers its customers a variety of entry options. With the offer of freely assemblable plug connections, the product range is now even more exhaustive. The stock accumulated by the igus® assembling operations provides a high material availability. Trained specialists provide consistent consultation. The distinct sales and distribution network worldwide enables the supply of these plug connections in almost every corner of this earth. There are 25 national and 46 international sales locations with a total of 1550 employees to fulfill this purpose.

Can plug and cable also be obtained assembled?
Here igus® offers an assembly kit comprising over 950 Chainflex® cables and 3500 connector components available off the shelf. Whether existing standards such as Siemens, Lenze, Fanuc, Indramat, or individual solutions, from FOC up to the square plug-in connectors with 15 cables within a screw connection. Economically optimized, premium assembly, logistically sophisticated, 100% controlled, competently planned – these attributes stand for igus® ReadyCable®.