triflex R Kit for Cobot Cable Management [Video]

Large and mid-sized corporations alike are becoming more interested in automating tedious and repetitive tasks.  Those companies are still quite far, though, from fully automated processes, and manufacturing and assembly still require some human interaction. It is estimated that collaborative robots are likely to account for nearly 35% of all industrial robots sold by 2025.

igus has released a new collaborative robot cable management kit with universally-designed hook-and-loop mounting brackets and more than 100 links of the company’s innovative triflex R cable carrier, which offers enhanced cable protection compared to corrugated tubes.

triflex R is a multiple-axis energy chain designed for use in a wide variety of robotic applications. Unlike corrugated tubing, it’s designed with ball-and-socket links that enable individual pieces of the system to be replaced if one of them is damaged. triflex R also has a defined bend radius to ensure the minimum bend radius of your cables …