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Corporate
Decalub green cleaning
TecHnOlOgieS FOcuS On:
DECALUB
31, avenue de Condé
77500 CHELLES, FRANCE
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Wire Cleaning
( for plating and high glossy finish )
Wire Rod Lubrication
( for frictionless drawing )
Rod Dry Preparation
( with no speed limit )
Manufacturing and processing
machinery that handle large, long items
frequently use overhead gantries to
transfer the material to, through and from
the processing line. Often these gantries
have to travel significant distances, whilst
requiring electrical cabling to power their
motors and sensors.
The conventional cable management
method is to have the cables mounted
above the line using festoons supported
by steel rails. As the gantry traverses
down the line, it pulls the cables along
with it on multiple trolley mechanisms.
Jacquet Weston Engineering (JWE), a
Berkshire, UK-based manufacturer of
surface finishing equipment, looked to
igus® for support with its continuous
improvement programme. JWE has been
manufacturing metal finishing process
plants for over 40 years, supplying
all sectors of the industry from the
traditional subcontract market of acid
and alkali zinc to the specialist aluminium
treatment and aerospace industries with
sulphuric, tartaric, chromic, boric and
hard anodising processes.
igus recommended its E2/000 e-chain®
system, used by a large number of
manufacturers worldwide, to address
cable management on all of JWE’s lines
utilising transporters to dip metal jigged
components into the process solutions.
This removed the need for the overhead
cable loops and trolleys, offering
increased efficiency and reliability to
the processing line, whilst the absence
of cable loops also satisfied customer
requirements for health and safety. The
overall height of the equipment was
reduced, allowing greater flexibility for
machine placement within a facility.
The 1500 series e-chain can be used
for guided travels of up to 75m. It can
be opened from either side for cable
insertion, and is suitable for both vertical
and horizontal installations.
The e-chain is placed into horizontally
mounted 2m-long guidefast guide
troughs, the segments being connected
together with clips that ensure good
alignment. This e-chain product is used
extensively in industry for replacing
festoons as it can be easily installed to the
side of an I-beam or bulkhead rather than
mounting on top like a traditional e-chain
trough, thus saving on installation height.
The E2/000 e-chain is a fourth generation
product for igus, utilising years of
accumulated experience. It offers
quick installation, mechanical stability,
low audible noise operation, minimal
maintenance and a long service life for
cables.
JWE opted to use a fully harnessed
readychain® system, complete with
chainflex® cables. These rigorously tested
cables prevent downtime in energy chain
applications, minimise abrasion, have
safety certification and are covered by the
igus® chainflex® guarantee.
igus – UK Website:
Cable management made easy
▲ ▲ Jacquet Weston Engineering used igus’s E2/000 e-chain® system