Drag chain cables, as a best-selling type of wire and cable, are widely used, have good corrosion resistance, and are also known as cables. Their processing techniques are diverse and highly standardized. It features a series of unique properties such as high flexibility, wear resistance, folding resistance, oil resistance, bending resistance, tensile strength, torsion resistance, anti-interference, and anti-aging. It is mostly used in flexible applications such as industrial automation systems, conveying machinery and equipment, robots, servo motors, encoders, fire alarm systems, cranes, CNC machine tools, and the metallurgical industry. To prevent cables from entangling, wearing out, pulling off, hanging and scattering, they are often placed in cable drag chains to provide protection for the cables, and the cables can also move back and forth along with the drag chains. When laying this type of cable, one should pay attention to the specific method. A slight mistake may cause certain faults during the early stage of use.
Firstly, the laying of the drag chain cable must not be bent. Since it is used to enclose the cable, if it is bent or twisted severely, it will cause damage to the internal and external cables, resulting in the equipment failing to meet the user's requirements. Before laying, the cable should be laid flat, and then the cable should be laid in a standardized manner according to the actual usage conditions.
2. At this point, it is necessary to pay attention to the small bending radius of the cable. Long-term bending will cause the cable to deform.
3. In the application of drag chain cables, they must be loosely arranged in the drag chain. All the cables should not be squeezed together to prevent entanglement, which would also affect the use of the cables
4. Both points of the cable must be fixed, or at least the moving end of the drag chain should be fixed. Generally, the distance between the moving point of the cable and the end of the drag chain should be 20 to 30 times the diameter of the cable.
5. If the drag chain cable is fixedly installed, there is no need to forcibly move it at will. Otherwise, it will cause positional errors of the cable and affect the actual application effect.
6. Please ensure that the cables move completely within the bending radius so that they can move relatively to each other or to the guiding device. After a period of operation, a suitable position for inspecting the cables. This inspection must be carried out after the push-pull movement.
In addition to the points mentioned above, customers must also pay attention to the application sites of the drag chain cables and try to minimize their use in areas with high humidity and high temperatures. Otherwise, it will cause rapid oxidation of the cables and reduce their service life.