Teflon Tubing Integrated into Motion Control Cable

Teflon hollow tubing for flat power and signal cables is now available. Adding tubing as an integral part of flat cables helps designers simplify their equipment. If fluids or pneumatics are needed, these can now be integrated with electrical wiring in one compact cable, versus requiring multiple cables, tubes and wires. Combining everything into one cable results in a cleaner, more compact design, which is ultimately more reliable and cost-effective.

The new tubing option is suitable for pneumatics or fluids, making it an ideal addition for many motion applications that normally require additional conduits for those elements. Applications include medical diagnostic equipment, wafer-handling robots, painting robots, and automated pick-and-place equipment. Teflon tubing can be used with most liquids and gases, and like Cicoil's silicone cables, it operates reliably in temperature extremes from –65°C to +260°C. The Teflon tubing is available in a wide variety of standard and metric sizes.

The tubing option may be included in any custom cable and is also available as a standard option on the company's Motion Series Plus high flex cables for high-performance motion control.

Cicoil
Valencia, CA
cicoil.com