Preventative Maintenance

With the information gleaned from LAPP’s on-site test lab, customers can select a cable and cable track for the specific motion in their continuous flexing application as indicated by the UL-verified CF-01, CF-02 or CF-03 Motion Attributes. They can also develop a preventative maintenance plan that: • Establishes proper cable installation guidelines. • Can help to identify the cable’s cycle life to establish when it should be replaced before a failure can occur. • Determines a cable’s first point of degradation, allowing a customer to remove a cable from its assembly or replace the entire cable track assembly. Unplanned Downtime Solved at an Automobile Manufacturer A leading automobile manufacturer was experiencing downtime due to cable failures. While the downtime lasted for only a few minutes each day, those lost minutes added up to significant lost revenue. The failures occurred despite the manufacturer’s own preventative maintenance plan. LAPP experts collaborated with the manufacturer’s technical team to create a balanced cable track assembly in-house to find the issue that was causing the failures. The tests revealed that the cable being used was larger than the accompanying cable track, so a new assembly was designed and installed at the LAPP laboratory. The new assembly included an ÖLFLEX ® CONNECT prototype cable which was tested at high speed to replicate 10 years of operation in under 10 months. LAPP engineers were able to predict the new cable’s first sign of degradation so the manufacturer could institute a new, more accurate preventative maintenance plan and restore full productivity at the plant. The Value of a Maintenance Schedule You Can Count On When working with LAPP to formulate a preventative maintenance plan, be sure to provide data that includes your machine’s speed, acceleration, weight, bend radius requirements, and the desired cable arrangement. LAPP’s expert staff has over 30 years of experience working with continuous flexing cable applications and can help you design a complete system or help to resolve a specific targeted problem. LAPP’s UL-Verified continuous flex cable test method capabilities offer significant value that most cable manufacturers cannot offer. This test method had been designed to stay current with trends that drive increased movement in automated manufacturing and provide real-world maintenance guidelines. With LAPP you can find the right continuous flexing cable to meet your motion requirements, and to support your operation’s productivity and efficiency.

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Note: * UL Verified A522492

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