Energy supply systems for final vehicle assembly

Energy safely guided in lightweight and robust e-chain®
Final assembly is where the finishing touches are applied to the production chain. However, the demand for trouble-free processes is no less stringent here than at the start of production. Manipulators, which in this step often support people during production, should be easy to move. Here, energy chains made of plastic, light but robust, are just right. With supporting rollers, even long distances can be travelled steadily and reliably.

Success stories

10 years of success in handling systems

The handling systems from HUSCH Handhabungstechnik GmbH stand for the highest standards of quality, reliability and flexibility. For over 10 years, our plastic-energy chain and linear and rotary bearing products have been moving in the systems. Used in the automotive industry, for example, they enable long service lives, robustness and freedom from maintenance.

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Roller energy chains for highly dynamic loading gantry

A customer in the automotive industry was looking for a linear gantry with a long service life for processing its workpieces. The linear gantry from GROB-Werke being used works highly dynamically at a speed and acceleration of 6m/s in each case. The manufacturer therefore opted for our reliable and wear-resistant roller energy chains for the application.

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Flexible and resilient slewing ring bearings in assembly carriers

In its assembly line, a car manufacturer relies on our iglidur® slewing ring bearings for a total of 60 assembly carriers. The requirements were high. Not only can each assembly carrier be swivelled, rotated and moved. They also had to be equipped with bearings that are as light as possible and function permanently without maintenance or lubrication under high and constant loads.

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NEW: igus® glide bar for chain conveyors

In addition to the drive and the roller chain, the glide bar is an indispensable element of the chain conveyor. The glide bar carries the applied loads and enables a continuous drive thanks to its low coefficient of friction.

Our glide bars made of iglidur® bar stock are designed for the high loads caused by car bodies. And of course you also benefit from our typical advantages here: All our products are maintenance-free and have a low coefficient of friction.

Our service starts even before installation:

We plan the optimisation of your system to guarantee maximum service life
Support in reducing downtime costs and increasing system availability
Retrofitting your existing machines as a system partner
Retrofitting condition monitoring or predictive maintenance to igus® products
Our energy chains are also available as ready-made systems, e.g. e-chain system® for transfer carriages (plug and play)
After installation: regular inspection and maintenance of your energy chain and condition monitoring systems
At the end of the life cycle, we take the energy chain back and recycle it