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Modern polymer energy supply chains are the umbilical cord of mechanical engineering and automation They ensure the safe supply of energy, data, pulses and operating media and are always in motion. They can be used universally – on cranes, machine tools and robots, all the way to Hollywood.
High costs, numerous manual processes and a high safety risk for workers. A new robotsupported solution compensates all these negative factors associated with working on an oil drilling platform
Tool- and mould-making
3rd place for industrial concrete component production
Special prize for a truly unique yacht concept
Solar cells are produced using a 3D printing system
Filling and packaging technology
The conveyor belt conveys highly flammable sulphur and transports it to its destination in the harbour area.
The challenge: Cable and hose management for a laser-controlled system.
A Discone antenna rotates about + / - 360 degrees an in the vertical axis about + / - 130 degrees.
The demand for reliable, energy-saving light solutions is growing.
An unbelievable all-round talent: Compared with standard automats, this device does not only sell sweets but
A rail-guided conveying system in open-face mining uses two e-chains® from igus® for cable management.
A single module needed to be modernized inside of a system. It provides a rubber band with traverse cuts.
Machining devices are produced for the ceramic industry
Special machine tool engineering with the focus on reinforcing steel processing: A new system has been developed for a new finished part system, which produces steel baskets in batch size 1 fully automatic.
Robot controlled procedure in the car industry: Spot welding or arc welding are applications that are used in very different assemblies.
“Heleva” is an intelligent and automatic material handling system that feeds print media to large format plotters.
Electronic components in vehicles are checked over again in the last production segment – robots check all the systems on the interior.
During pre-treatment vehicle bodies are squirted with water.
Standard platforms of common car transporters have a high inclination angle – it can easily be 12 to 15 degrees.
Machines which press material into bales are used in many branches.
A versatile applicable commercial vehicle from underground mining that is required for maintenance in different sectors.
Spraying technology for greenhouses: A moving system which is equipped with heating pipes and supplemented by spraying strips.
Sorghum, a type of millet, mainly grows in Africa, Asia and Central America.
Functional design of a stage system for an opera house – with main stage and mobile stage:
The new opera house in Dubai is to provide space for up to 2000 people and be able to be converted into a traditional theatre, concert hall or exhibition space depending on the event.
The Congress and cultural centre in Toruń inspired by its organic language of the architecture.
A very new generation of camshaft grinding machines
CNC drilling or milling – simultaneously at both sides of the machine tool shaft.
A multifunctional CNC machine for 3D printing with plastics or polymers for milling in metal, wood, stone or glass and UV laser engraving.
CNC plasma cutting machines in different versions and for varying applications.
CNC plasma cutting machines in different versions and for varying applications.
PREVAC is one of the leading manufacturers of research instruments and systems in the UHV segment in the world:
An industrial camera monitors a robot which takes over the insertion of seals in the automotive industry.
Produced are solvents for low and high viscous media such as oil, silicone, adhesives or materials made of two components.
The swing bridge is one of the attractions in the English county of Selby.
A steelworks in Iran ordered an elevator. This was to transport both people and materials.
This application involves the swivelling head of a milling centre – it rotates through 90 degrees around the workpiece to be machined.
Until today, glass could only be cut until the maximum length of 6 metres.
The portal crane “Goliath” is used for shipbuilding. Problematic was the cable management.
Cranes and lifting systems for different industrial applications in sectors like cleanroom environment, semi-conductor production and pharmacy.
FIAB 1400L XS is the smaller and more compact model of a high-performance mobile welding machine.
“RowTrike” - the best combination between fun and fitness.
Hydraulic cylinders are used in sluices to open its gates.
The process is carried out in a highvacuum chamber.
Lifting platform for incoming and outgoing goods: Individual boxes are processed on different levels.
This robot applies various materials to a floor: Special demands are made on the cables of the “Floor Master Robot”
A perpendicular robot with 16 axes – used for the transportation and assembly of heavy working equipment.
A robot is positioned in a washing chamber and the cables for sensor or pneumatic hoses revive its six axles.
66 electronic music instruments: They are connected to a keyboard and are producing sound.
Camera robots for an application in news and television studios:
Production processes as for example in the automobile industry are using core machines.
Operating stations for a crane seat – the system is used in an aluminium smelt works.
Traveling cranes and crane components – tailored to individual
In a dumb deposit company in Belgium, the trailing cables have been replaced in two running cranes with e-chains® from igus®.
An onboard loading system for delivery trucks: items which have been very difficult to transport up to now are no longer a problem.
Design of living space with igus® – space, light, dynamics are given new impulses with a customised object.
This system is used in the textile industry and it is equipped with five cutting knifes. The fabric’s width is configurable according to the customer’s demand.
Launch and Recovery System (LARS) – a process
We are talking about ice cream: A production line produces different container formats that vary in length and width depending on the customer`s requirements.
A dust-free environment is an absolute must for the production of PCBs and semi-conductors.
The world’s first LNG HYBRID barge for supplying cruise ships with power during their time in the harbour.
A fully automatized distribution system has been developed
IE-commerce leads to more and more shipments being dispatched every day.
Changed crane supply on an installation vessel: An XXL energy chain with a rearward bending radius shall ensure the power and signal supply as an alternative to a slip ring.
There are twelve awnings in this application that can be individually controlled and separately travelled – equipped with LED technology
Hand pieces are often used for medical accessories that communicate via electric cables or hosepipes with a console.
Pipetting by hand is a time-consuming procedure.
It can be so simple to turn a bistro table into a table for a dinner with several persons.
A telescope that allows research and observation of the Tscherenkow radiation in an international project can rotate around two axles.
Coating with phosphate causes a chemical process on surfaces to avoid corrosion – as for example on car bodies.
A lifting and lowering device for the blades of naval vessels has been developed.
e-chains® from igus® are used in a modern palletizing system
Scanner application in the paper factory
The new robot system “Pickable” can lift and drop objects with high-speed.
The challenge: Provision of an efficient and speed-dependent board lubricator with different material width and tool infeed heights.
This is the new type of exoskeleton robot and it is worn on the body to enforce the movement of the patient.
The robotic crane is mounted on a truck – it loads recycling containers at both sides of the truck.
The robot system carries out two jointed movements – in opposite directions. The radius of movement ranges from -60 degrees to +85 degrees.
Required is an intelligent robot: It shall drive though a door to a bed to provide an ice cooler with a bottle of champagne.
Industry robots that pick up small or unwieldy products:
Mobile car decks – the individual levels can be moved for transporting vehicles in the cargo area of a roll-on/roll-off ship.
One of the most modern towing platforms to test ships’ models:
A circular blending bed can be used to store and retrieve material at the same time – in this case petroleum coke.
Flies in summer, spiders in autumn – no-one likes insects in their living space at any time of year.
Industrial automation with welding robots – adapted to flexible production
A new closing machine manages two processes in one work step.
This special crane is used for the construction of buildings with facades that consist mainly of glass.
Here, a triflex® from igus® protects the pneumatic lines attached to a robot: it is an integrated part of an injection moulding line.
A central task in the plant for iron alloys is performed by the conveyor belts which transport the raw material to the melt reduction furnaces.
Two electrical light bow ovens are applied in this production of ferroalloys.
A mobile, vibrating conveyor belt – for conveying bags and boxes from a basement up to street level.
Animal transports include a three times higher rate of accidents for the drivers, compared with shipping services in other branches.
The garage of a city mansion should have be equipped with a moveable gate.
A TV set with a diagonal screen size of 55 inches is to be moved with a lift system so that it can disappear from view
Lifts for televisions and monitors – this is how devices disappear when they are not in use.
In this application, the energy supply to a mobile chamber for the high-pressure gas quenching of heat-treated components had to be optimised.
Puy du Fou is a historic theme park.
Aeroponics – an innovative form of growing plants in order to produce sufficient food in an urbanised world.
Vertical machining centre and CNC turning lathe
Electrical signals need to be transmitted between the barbette and a rotating platform.
This is one of the most modern cleaning systems for railways: Washing the trains is not made by hand any longer, but automated.
The “waterproof” aspect is one of the most important for components used for water-jet cutting.
A machining centre with 5 axles – the headstock performs a swivel movement from 0 to 180 degree.
A newly developed horizontal CNC inclined-bed turning lathe, equipped with a main and opposed spindle as well as two turrets
This system uses different winding and unwinding axles as well as motion sequences for the individual rollers.
The space in a caravan is limited.
A five-axis machining centre with a headstock that performs a swivel movement from 0 to 180 degrees.
