There are many applications for cable carriers and related products. As a result, there are also many different requirements that must be satisfied by such solutions. The ability to introduce innovations that provide genuine added value in this field is based not only on decades of experience and a capable development team. Just as important is ongoing communication with customers in order to maintain a dialogue about realworld applications so that products providing an obvious benefit can be developed.

Easy to install, reliable, smooth and gentle all the way into an application or machine - these are some of the often-heard requests. Sometimes, the requirements for cable carrier solutions appear quite mundane at first glance: It must hold securely, be tightly sealed, or be high enough.

The innovations that Kabelschlepp presented recently clearly demonstrate that developments for real world applications based on real-world experience provide the customer with clear benefits, regardless of whether simple or complex. Kabelschlepp thus stands for the ability to innovate and convert ideas from a wide variety of cable carrier applications into user-friendly products.

Sealed! More conductive! Holds securely! Reliable! Gentle! Pulling and pushing forces damped! Easy to install! These are some of the primary features that summarise the major benefits of solutions from Kabelschlepp.

In the harsh production environments encountered in the machining and woodworking industries, cable carriers must satisfy extremely demanding requirements.

The CoverTrax 1555 from Kabel-schlepp was developed specifically for such harsh surroundings. This covered cable carrier provides effective protection against metal chips, dust and dirt, and prevents foreign objects from entering the cable space.

Overall View of CoverTrax

This is made possible by an optimised geometry and a reinforced cover contour that permits extremely small gap dimensions even with large carrier widths. As a result, foreign matter can neither become wedged in the gaps nor penetrate into the inside of the carrier while it is in motion. Since the cover is flush with the sideband, dirt is diverted to the sides.

The overall design of CoverTrax ensures that foreign matter, dust and dirt have few opportunities to reach the inside of the carrier. Additional convincing features of the CoverTrax 1555 design include the smooth contour of the sideband and the extremely quiet operation resulting from the encapsulated stroke system.

CoverTrax even meets the requirement to remain tightly sealed close to the connection point, since it features cover systems both inside and outside here. Thus, with front connection, a completely enclosed variant is possible.

The new hinge mechanism offers further benefits for flexible and equally uncomplicated use of CoverTrax. It allows the cover to be opened easily and quickly both inside (Type 60) and outside (Type 080), and detached completely. The CoverTrax is similarly easy to handle and flexible when it comes to the dividers, which can be positioned across the carrier cross section, but also fixed in place by simply turning and locking.

This innovation from Kabelschlepp is designed for both self-supported (gliding) and unsupported installation - here, also for very long unsupported lengths - and very quiet during operation thanks to the internal damping.

Using the UMB universal mounting brackets, it can be attached from the outside, the inside or from the front. A strain relief comb, C-rails and LineFix bracket clamps are optionally available to provide strain relief for the cables. The UMB universal brackets have mounts above and below for attaching a C-rail or strain relief comb.

(For further information contact KabelSchlepp India Pvt Ltd, Bangalore. Tel: 080-41158997. Fax: 91-80-41158998. Email: m@kabelschlepp.in)