2 0.4301material)orgalvanisedsteel,dependingonhowhighthedemands
on the travel speed and service life are.
Please consult igus® for more series and details. If, however, the fill weight
is high and the travels are long, the e-chain® must
then supported either whole part.80
E4.0 1. Due the variety application possibilities, we
strongly recommend that you make use our consulting services.6
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1. Roller and ball bearings additional gliding elements
are not necessary for igus® e-chains®.0
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Side-mounted Application
System E4/light e-tube direct swarf area
Principle guide trough for long travel, side-mounted
Example load diagrams for e-chains® side-mounted 90°
3D CAD, configurators, service life calculation and more www.igus.5 1.0
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E4. The and axes
have travel 8,000mm
and 1,750mm speed
of meters per minute
More information www.0
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placed its side, the e-chain® width, effect,
becomes the height.6 0.1 -
side-mounted unsupported
System E2/000 -
side-mounted unsupported
We recommend locking
mounting brackets for
side-mounted applications
Side-mounted Application
Unsupported side-mounted
igus® e-chains® placed their side can used
unsupported limited extent. For applications
with low fill weight, the standard mounting
brackets are adequate.8 1. The
igus® modular separation options offers numerous possibilities, such vertical separators and
spacers.igus.
The lying e-chain®, one side the igus®
e-chain® supported
igus® unsupported
e-chain® system E4
igus® system with
partial support
Long travel, gliding
Side-mounted e-chains® can travel over 100m with adequate guidance.0 1.0
4.0 3. The unsupported
lengths can extended
bysupportingthelinksnext
to the mounting brackets
System E4.0
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5.2 1. igus® will gladly provide application analysis, free charge.
Cables and hoses
Cables and hoses must guided that the e-chain system® can move freely all times.eu
. The corresponding glide surface usually igus®
polymer,stainlesssteel(1. All e-chain® types are
designed operate gliding their side. this height increases, the
e-chain system® becomes proportionally more
stable. further movement second axis is
added the parallel motion two e-chains®, the
unsupported length impaired.56
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Fill
weight
[kg/m]
Fill
weight
[kg/m]
Total e-chain® length [m]
Total e-chain® length [m]
The unsupported lengths can extended supporting the links next the mounting brackets. The turned
unsupported length this case dependent
on the following factors: Time Fill weight
● Width the e-chain® Bend radius ●
Parallelism the application
The greater the fill weight the e-chain®, the
shorter the available unsupported length.42
E4.
Unsupported e-chains®
on travelling column
machine.0
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Side-mounted e-chains®
arestronglyrecommended
if the installation height is
restricted
Standard values for side-
mounted unsupported
lengths are available upon
request
