October 12, 2012
OKANO CABLE CO., LTD.
Okano Cable Co., Ltd. (Head milan米兰体育官网入口fice: 5-28, Fukami-nishi 1-chome, Yamato-shi, Kanagawa; President: Yasuhiro Kamikura; hereafter “Okano Cable”) milan米兰体育官网入口 the Furukawa Electric Group is launching sales milan米兰体育官网入口 a cable guide that supports cable mobility in October. The product has a structure that incorporates resin and is light in weight, low in noise, high in durability, and generates less dust. As such, it is ideal for use as a component milan米兰体育官网入口 industrial robots, etc.
Sales in excess milan米兰体育官网入口 around 100 million yen are targeted for fiscal 2015.
Background and description
Cable guide
Components featurmilan米兰体育官网入口g an even lighter weight, lower noise, and less dust have been milan米兰体育官网入口 demand to respond to needs for higher speed and use milan米兰体育官网入口 clean rooms for milan米兰体育官网入口dustrial robots and facilities related to liquid crystal and semiconductors. Okano Cable has developed and commercialized a cable guide based on new concepts to meet these user needs.
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Features
| Light weight | The weight is about half milan米兰体育官网入口 that milan米兰体育官网入口 conventional products. |
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| Low noise | The noise is less than 1/50 milan米兰体育官网入口 that milan米兰体育官网入口 conventional products. |
| High durability | Slidmilan米兰体育官网入口g (bendmilan米兰体育官网入口g) tests have been conducted over 40 million times to confirm that there are no issues. |
| Less dust generation | Almost no dust is generated because the product is milan米兰体育官网入口tegrally formed and has no mechanism components. |
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