Fast rotation while folding airbags

• What was needed: robust data and control cables that are reliable and allow for rapid rotations
• Product: chainflex CFBUS cables 
• Product: chainflex control cables

 

• Success for the customer: reliable cables with a long service life

The challenge

Airbags save thousands of lives every year. However, for the rescue systems to reliably inflate in the fraction of a second in an emergency, they must be carefully folded - much like a parachute. The airbag is folded by a machine from the Polish manufacturer DAN-ROB. It works with a turntable with a diameter of 1.5 metres, which rotates 120 degrees per second.

Solution

To protect energy and data cables from wear and cable breaks during this rotation, the company relies on robust cables from the chainflex® range from igus® (CF130.15.05.UL; CFBUS.PVC.060 and CF5.03.25) and energy chains from the E4.21 series (E4.21.070.100), which move in a semicircular guide channel. A combination that ensures fail-safe operation at these speeds.