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Technical expertise
Benefit from the expertise of our experienced system engineers. You will find the right cable chain solution for your needs.
Cable chains were first developed in the 1950s and ensure the safe guidance of cables and media hoses in applications with continuous and dynamic movement. Cable chains reduce the strain on cables and hoses and the stress to which they are subjected, resulting in significantly longer service life and greater reliability. Thanks to modern materials and designs, cable chains are now capable of achieving true peak performance, enabling considerable improvements in productivity. Plastic and steel chains make a significant contribution to automation in many industrial sectors.
What type of cable chain do you need?
The cables to be guided and protected should always be at the centre of your cable design – not the chain itself. Therefore, first determine the basic parameters of your application, then define the required cables before selecting the appropriate chain.
Do you already know which requirements your chain should meet?
We have the right cable chain for a wide range of applications. Which cable chain type is right for you?
Do you need a compatible complete cable chain system?
Take a look at our assembly solutions!
Versatile application options for energy chains
In the cramped vending machines, the goods are conveyed precisely to the output tray every time - thanks to the energy supply via an energy chain.
Cable chains and cables for highly dynamic applications play a central role in the cabling of roller coasters or freefall towers.
If you like going to the theatre, take a closer look at the stage technology. Here, cable chains move the trusses (lattice girders), which are usually suspended in the ceiling area.
Energy chains ensure the safe movement and correct positioning of the cleaning brushes.
As you can see, we often encounter energy chains in everyday life without consciously noticing them.
Cable chain systems have become indispensable helpers, particularly in industrial areas and applications.
Mechanical and plant engineering, automation industry
Typical uses:
- Machine tools
- Machining centres (e.g. cutting centres, cutting and milling machines)
- Factory and building automation
- Industrial systems (portal systems)
- Industrial robots
(Intra-)logistics
Typical uses:
- Vending machines
- Packaging and filling systems
- Automated storage systems ("high-bay warehouse")
- Material flow and piece goods handling, bulk goods systems
- Industrial robots
Production line for insulating glass at Bystronic glass
Building and industrial technology
Typical uses:
- Lifts, lifting platforms
- Car washes
- Swivelling devices
- Gates
- Parking facilities
- Passenger boarding bridges
Other common application areas
- Cranes and hoists, gantry cranes
- Lifting and conveying vehicles
- Steelworks, smelting technology
- Mining, drilling technology
- Offshore industry (drilling rigs, LNG terminals)
- Agricultural technology (environmental technology e.g. sewage treatment plants)
- Medical technology (e.g. computer tomographs)
Energy chains for long travel distances
A look inside the LAPP test center
Fun facts from our test centre
Before an energy chain cable is declared ready for sale, it undergoes a demanding testing process. Whether heat, cold, chemical stress, mechanical stress or high speed: the subsequent area of application is simulated down to the last detail. The cables running inside a cable chain must also withstand a lot of strain.
- In a test performed inside a cable chain, a single cable travelled a distance of 150 km every day.
- By the time the tests for a cable chain cable have been completed, it will have travelled around the earth approximately 1.5 times.
- Depending on the type, a cable is tested for one to two years in a cable chain.
- In total, the distance that our cable chain cables cover every day in the test laboratory is equivalent to travelling around the world.
- In our most dynamic test facility, our cables and wires experience an acceleration similar to that of pilots in jets, namely up to 9 g. This corresponds to nine times the gravitational acceleration on earth.
Cable chains are therefore indispensable components for applications with fast, repetitive motion sequences that take place in demanding environmental conditions.
As a global partner, LAPP offers you a comprehensive range of connectivity solutions:
- Cable chains
- Cable chain-compatible cables and wires
- Fully assembled cable chain systems
We treat product and service as one
Order a product, and done? In many contexts, this is no longer enough.
Before a functioning cable chain system can be set up, a detailed needs analysis and a great deal of product and project expertise are required. Let us help you with this!
These are your advantages when you opt for an ÖLFLEX® CONNECT CHAIN, i.e. cable chain systems made by LAPP:
Lower capital and operating expenses
A leaner supplier base and no in-house production facilities reduce your costs.
Everything from a single source
Instead of a large number of suppliers LAPP offers you all solutions on the topic of cable chains as a competent system supplier.
Less stock required
We supply cable chains and complete assemblies instead of individual items. Therefore, you keep your stock low.
Do you want to find out more?
Each cable chain is customised for your application: The combination of components is customised to your specific needs, because the individual requirements of a single cable chain system make it unique.
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