PROFINET cables for movement

PROFINET cable with a shielded jacket in an industrial facility.

What are PROFINET cables?

PROFINET stands for Process Field Network and, like every Industrial Ethernet standard, uses the TCP/IP and IT standards, allowing end-to-end use in manufacturing and process automation. Generally speaking, PROFINET fits into the Industrial Ethernet standard alongside bus systems such as Sercos, EtherCat, and CC-Link IE. The advantage of such networks, apart from potential real-time capability, is the modularly structured concept which allows the user to quickly and easily choose the functionality himself. This makes it possible to design the type of cyclic data exchange across all PROFINET devices to meet the ever-increasing speed requirements and establish countless diagnostic capabilities in real time. The seamless integration of the other fieldbus systems with a PROFINET interface should not be underestimated.

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Examples of PROFINET cables

PROFINET cable with green outer jacket and exposed twisted-pair conductors.

chainflex® bus cable CFBUS

Flame retardant
Hydrolysis and microbe-resistant
UV-resistant

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chainflex® bus cable CFROBOT8

Coolant resistant
Notch-resistant
Flame retardant

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Five cable ends with exposed coloured conductors on insulated cores.

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Which cable is suited for your Ethernet application?

PROFINET cable with exposed conductor structure and shielding.

chainflex® Cables for Fieldbus Systems

igus® offers nine cable qualities for connecting fieldbus systems, tailored to different environments and requirements. Choose from PVC, PUR, or TPE jackets to ensure maximum durability and service life in your automation setup.

Compatible with PROFINET, PROFIBUS, and other fieldbus systems
Designed for dynamic applications in energy chains
Backed by a 36-month functional guarantee and tested for up to 10 million double strokes

Flexible & Ready-to-Use Solutions

igus® also provides readycable® harnessed cables, available with open ends or pre-assembled connectors like M12 (D-coded) or RJ45. These plug-and-play solutions simplify integration with control systems from Siemens, Allen Bradley, Bosch, and more—perfect for Industry 4.0 applications.

PROFINET cable applications

"At Fujitsu Siemens Computers, for example, we currently achieve a real placement rate of 1.71 seconds per component. Plant availability is a very important issue for us. We are an ISO-certified company, and as such we have to check our suppliers closely for quality and reliability. A complete weekend to dismantle and replace the cable assembly is not acceptable to any customer. At some point we then purchased our cables from igus® - and that solved most of the problems." "

Klaus Bonath
Sales Manager
IPTE Germany GmbH, Heroldsberg

The cable carrier guides cables and hoses on a machine component.

"Our special cleaning process with the Robot Sword Brush, which is the heart of our technical centre, is used without interruption by many well-known manufacturers in the automotive industry. Originally, all robot cables had been protected against mechanical damage at the factory. But that didn't work. They were constantly cracked or had worn through, with the result that the entire test system came to a standstill. That's why we were looking for a technical solution that would reliably and permanently protect the various cables".

Martin Weber
Wandres GmbH micro-cleaning, Buchenbach-Wagensteig

Multi-axis robot with cables and hoses on an industrial gripper arm.

"Our compact cameras are geared to the central customer advantage of easy installation in practice. We pay attention to the highest quality. Starting from a length of 5m, we only specify the industry-compatible bus cables from igus® for perfect data transmission. Conventional cables could not withstand the mechanical and electrical stresses in the long term but then we came across the chainflex® cables."

Thomas Schmidgall
Marketing Manager
IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH, Obersulm

Small drive motor with connector and attached cable.

The co-operation of the two technologically leading companies, igus & Telegärtner, made it possible to qualify a secure Profinet connection far beyond any standards. With this result, even the most demanding customer enjoys the security of combining the highest quality components, which are clearly above the market standard, in a functionally reliable way. "

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