CNC Machine Drag Chain Cable

Bending cycles, not voltage, define the cable

A drag chain cable is flexed millions of times across a service life at high acceleration with a coolant load, and the failure is nearly always mechanical: core breakage at the clamping point or a sheath that has gone brittle. That is why we quote these cables by bending cycle life against a stated travel length and speed. If you tell us the chain geometry we will confirm the construction rather than leave the margin to chance.

Construction details that decide the life

Ultra-fine stranded conductors are laid in short pitches with a sliding layer between cores and an inner jacket around the bundle, so the cores move against a surface designed for it rather than against each other. The bundle is gusset-free and round, so it does not deform in the chain, and strain relief is built in at each end to take the pull away from the terminals.

Performance parameters

Applications

This construction is supplied into the following installations. Tell us which one applies and we will confirm the governing requirement.

Customisation

Core count and cross-section, screen arrangement, sheath compound and colour, print legend, length and termination are all built to order. Send the requirement — including the failed OEM part if this is a replacement — and we will propose the construction and confirm the lead time.