Horizontal Guidelok System for unsupported travels
Upper run guide for long, self-supporting travels in chip areas
Metal chips can cause abrasion and wear in long travel, gliding cable carrier applications. To combat this, igus® has developed a horizontal guiding system called “Guidelok”, which is designed to keep the upper and lower cable carrier runs apart. The new solution is ideal for applications in the machine tool industry up to 164 feet.
Benefits:
1) Dirt cannot get stuck between the sliding surfaces of the upper and lower run
2) Modular system with few parts (also possible without lateral trough)
3) Enormous increase in unsupported lengths of energy chains
4) Intelligent upper run guidance with pivoting roller supports
Typical applications
- Machine tools
- Dirty environments
- Anywhere where gliding application is not recommended
Design principle
The horizontal guidelok guides the upper run of the energy chain on special pivoting roller supports that can fold in the moving radius of the energy chain and guarantee an unobstructed "travel" of the system.
System guidelok horizontal, principle drawing:
LLLL = total length / FFFF = field length
Order example: part number with required value for total length and field length, e.g. 907.645.200.300.20000/2000.0
Product range | Series 907.645 | For bend radii up to 300mm
| Part number | For series | Inner width Bi: | Bend radius | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 907.645.Bi.R.LLLL/FFFF | E4.56 | 50 - 600 | 150 | 175 | 200 | 250 | 300 | Requests |
| 907.645.Bi.R.LLLL/FFFF | E4.80 | 50 - 600 | 150 | 175 | 200 | 250 | 300 | Requests |
| 907.645.Bi.R.LLLL/FFFF | E4.112 | 50 - 600 | 200 | 250| 300 | Requests |
| 907.645.Bi.R.LLLL/FFFF | E4.56 | 75 - 462 | 150 | 175 | 200 | 250 | 300 | Requests |
| 907.645.Bi.R.LLLL/FFFF | E4.80 | 150 - 462 | 175 | 200 | 250 | 300 | Requests |
| 907.645.Bi.R.LLLL/FFFF | E4.112 | 200 - 500 | 250 | 300 | Requests |
Product range | Series 907.837 | For bend radii from 350 up to 500mm
| Part number | For series | Inner width Bi: | Bend radius | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 907.837.Bi.R.LLLL/FFFF | E4.56 | 200 - 600 | | 350 | 400 | 450 | 500 | | Requests |
| 907.837.Bi.R.LLLL/FFFF | E4.80 | 200 - 600 | | 350 | 400 | 450 | 500 | | Requests |
| 907.837.Bi.R.LLLL/FFFF | E4.112 | 200 - 600 | | 350 | 400 | 450 | 500 | | Requests |
| 907.837.Bi.R.LLLL/FFFF | E4.56 | 200 - 462 | | 350 | 400 | 450 | 500 | | Requests |
| 907.837.Bi.R.LLLL/FFFF | E4.80 | 200 - 462 | | 350 | 400 | 450 | 500 | | Requests |
| 907.837.Bi.R.LLLL/FFFF | E4.112 | 200 - 500 | | 350 | 400 | 450 | 500 | | Requests |
Real-world examples:
Guidelok horizontal is used in the horizontal lathe of the Spanish machine builder
Due to this new design of the guidelok horizontal, no chips can get stuck between the sliding surfaces of the upper and lower runs of the energy chain.
