One of the world’s leading manufacturers of medical products has found durability and dependability with igus chainflex cables on a long-travel basket loader for baby nutritional drinks. Abbott Labs installed 33-ft and 20-ft chainflex cables on a basket loader after cables on the previous units failed after three months. The units complete 1,500 cycles per […]
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TPE control and motor cables receive ECOLAB certification
Helukabel recently announced that multiple TPE-jacketed control and motor cables have recently been tested and certified by ECOLAB for use during washdown processes found typically in the food and beverage industries. The products that were subjected to the 28-day test using cleaning/disinfecting substances Topactive 200, Topactive 500, P3-topax 66, P3-topactive OKTO, and P3-topax 990 along […]
CMP Products launches technical ‘Knowledge Base’
Manufacturer of cable glands, cable cleats and accessories, CMP Products has launched a comprehensive ‘Knowledge Base’ to support customers and users of cable glands in a variety of industry sectors. Knowledge Base is a compilation of technical expertise and advice, gathered over CMP’s 60+ years’ experience in the art of terminating cable glands. The easy-to-use […]
Energy chain helps Canadian potash rig remain operational in extreme winter weather
By Scott Parker, Product Manager for energy chain systems in Canada, igus Mining industry rigs rely on service loops as the heart of their operations. The loops include cables for electricity, hydraulics, and pneumatics, and need to work in all types of weather and conditions. If there is a hiccup in the heartbeat, whether it is […]
Cable trends: SPE and real-time data top the needs for quick connectivity
For cable manufacturers, trends toward faster and more compact systems continue to reign. Suppliers to motion control systems, such as Helukabel, respond with cables for industrial automation that can transmit data in real time. “We supply multiple motor manufacturers worldwide with feedback and signal cables in all variations — stationary, continuous flex and torsion rated. […]
TPC Wire & Cable acquires Hydro Group, adding custom interconnects
TPC Wire & Cable, a portfolio company of Audax Private Equity, has completed the acquisition of Hydro Group, a global provider of custom subsea connectivity solutions. Based in Aberdeen Scotland, Hydro specializes in the design, engineering, and manufacturing of subsea connectivity products widely used in the oil and gas, marine, renewable energy, and defense industries. […]
Commemorating a great entrepreneurial personality – Oskar Lapp at 100 – A pioneer for the future
Press Release Stuttgart (Germany), 18 March 2021 Oskar Lapp was a great inventor and a passionate entrepreneur. Together with his wife Ursula Ida Lapp, he has created a company with a global reputation. The LAPP Group founder would have turned 100 on 20 March 2021. His inventions have shaped connection technology worldwide to this day. […]
Ideal Networks to change name to Trend Networks
Ideal Networks will be known as Trend Networks from March 31, 2021. In re-branding to Trend Networks, with a new tagline “Depend on Us,” the company aims to better reflect its vision, mission, goals, and position as a partner providing customers with innovation alongside dependable results, equipment, and support. The name change also consolidates the […]
ABB provides Ty-Rap cable ties for NASA Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Mission
As NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover explores its new planetary home after landing on February 18, it’s operating with the world’s most advanced technology while being equipped with Ty-Rap cable ties from ABB, the same ties that are widely used on earth. Found in buildings, subways, the deepest oceans and outer space, ABB’s Ty-Rap cable ties […]
Belden innovation leads to 13 product launches/line extensions in Q1 2021
Belden Inc continues to offer its customers more options to manage high density, reduce installation time and safely transmit data and power with the new Q1 2021 product launches. Cable innovations Belden’s Digital Electricity (DE) Cable delivers DE power (up to 2,000 W) on the copper pair while sending data via fiber over long distances […]
