If, however, the fill weight
is high and the travels are long, the e-chain® must
then supported either whole part. Roller and ball bearings additional gliding elements
are not necessary for igus® e-chains®.0 1.eu
Side-mounted e-chains®
arestronglyrecommended
if the installation height is
restricted
Standard values for side-
mounted unsupported
lengths are available upon
request. For applications
with low fill weight, the standard mounting
brackets are adequate. The
igus® modular separation options offers numerous possibilities, such vertical separators and
spacers. Due the variety application possibilities, we
strongly recommend that you make use our consulting services. The corresponding glide surface usually igus®
polymer,stainlesssteel(1.0
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e-chain system® becomes proportionally more
stable.
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. further movement second axis is
added the parallel motion two e-chains®, the
unsupported length impaired.0 3.32
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designed operate gliding their side.28
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placed its side, the e-chain® width, effect,
becomes the height. 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
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Cables and hoses
Cables and hoses must guided that the e-chain system® can move freely all times.0 1.0
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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.0
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on the travel speed and service life are.
Unsupported e-chains®
on travelling column
machine.42
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weight
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weight
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Total e-chain® length [m]
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The unsupported lengths can extended supporting the links next the mounting brackets. The and axes
have travel 8,000mm
and 1,750mm speed
of meters per minute
More information www.0
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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.igus.
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to the mounting brackets
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