Treotham has released the igus energy chain system, enabling the fast connection of e-chain systems in tight installation spaces.

The plug-in igus energy chain system connects harnessed e-chain systems in seconds and without the use of tools. This reduces times in assembly and machine downtime while also bringing planned maintenance work to a minimum.

The ready-to-connect e-chain system thus saves 80% installation time. With the new readychain micro-speed, this is now also possible for very small applications and in particularly tight installation spaces.

No matter which industry, country or company: if a cable in a machine is defective, leading to machine failure, the resulting downtime and consequential costs can be considerable. After all, just a few minutes of downtime often cost companies several thousand dollars. With the ready-to-connect igus readychain speed from Treotham, the e-chain system can be replaced very easily and quickly in these cases, and the machine can start operation again immediately.

For very narrow installation spaces, Treotham now offers the readychain micro-speed model.

Thanks to its compactness, with a width and inner height of just 20mm each, the system is particularly suitable for applications where space is at a premium, such as door interlocks in machine tools. With the readychain micro-speed, it is not necessary to separate cores from the terminal strips using tools before changing a cable.

The counterpart, an add-on housing with bushing, can be flanged to the machine housing. If a change is required, the e-chain can be replaced as quickly as the power cord of a laptop using the plug-in principle – without tools, without know-how, without technicians.

Markus Hüffel, product manager of readychain at igus, points out: “Thanks to this flexibility, the response speed increases in case of failures, so that downtimes can be reduced many times over. And that’s with a small investment.”