Abstract:

In today's modern plants, automation is increasingly being relied on to keep production flowing, keep costs low and increase throughput. This means your equipment must run faster, in a smaller footprint and without failure to meet your needs.

Cable management is typically seen as a last step in machine design, or as something to be cleaned up by maintenance personnel. Even though a failure in this part of a machine can cause a total shut down, it is largely ignored as an integral part of your equipment. As experts in cable management, igus® has seen many issues that have lead to thousands of hours of unscheduled downtime and complete machine redesign.

We would like to take this time to discuss the most common issues that lead to this unscheduled downtime and the associated costs. Those issues include: cable corkscrewing, violation of minimum cable bend radius, exceeding the limitations of a cable carrier, lack of proper internal separation, over filling, improper installation and lack of strain relief. The goal of our presentation is to reduce downtime and increase the life of your equipment.

Intended audience: Design Engineers (both mechanical and electrical, Maintenance personel, plant managers

About the Speaker:
Scott D. Parker, Product Manager - Canada, igus
Scott Parker has been employed in the Motion Control industry for 10 years with extensive knowledge of cable carriers, continuous flex cables and their use in a wide variety of industries including cranes and kiosks. Scott started with igus® in 2001 as and inside sales representative and has been promoted 3 times. He currently holds the position of Product Manager for Canada, representing the Energy Chain Systems®.