Materials information | Tribology 04 Tribology
Low jacket abrasion is an essential prerequisite for a long service life of the cables in a cable carrier. In addition to the jacket material, the crossbar material as the support surface for the cables affects jacket abrasion. We have analyzed the abrasion on different cables with different crossbar materials in extensive tests. Aluminum crossbars proved to be a gentle support for the cable jackets. This result does not depend on the cable manufacturer and applies to all jacket materials tested. Jacket abrasion is of minor importance for many standard applications. Simple solid plastic cable carriers from BASIC LINE and BASIC LINE Plus can be used without problems in these cases. For more challenging applications with large relative movements between the crossbar and cable, the outer cable jacket is subject to a high level of wear through abrasion. In these cases, we recommend using cable carriers with aluminum crossbars to increase the service life of the cables.
Save costs through lower jacket abrasion on cables
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Abrasion from 3 million movement cycles and a relative displacement between crossbar and cable of 10 mm.
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PVC jacket PUR jacket
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Plastic Crossbar made of Kabelschlepp standard material
Aluminum Standard crossbar
Aluminum Hole crossbar
In addition to reducing abrasion, aluminum is ideal as a crossbar material due to its high strength and low intrinsic weight. Cable carrier widths up to 1000 mm can be achieved without putting special strain on the cable carrier through additional weight.
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