New cables for industrial camera technology
08/12/2025
Ready-to-connect, durable, tested cables with Keyence connectors increase the reliability of vision systems
igus is expanding its range of readycable cable assemblies for moving applications. New to the portfolio are cables with connectors for systems from Keyence, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of automation and quality assurance solutions. Designers can immediately connect the cables to moving high-speed cameras using the plug-and-play principle, without time-consuming and error-prone in-house designs.
For instance, an automobile manufacturer is testing a new high-speed camera system in production. As car parts pass by on the conveyor belt, the camera moves along on one axis and checks welded seams in real time but then the camera’s data cable fails. The continuous movement was too intense and caused a conductor break.
“In moving applications like these, the cables are under considerable stress due to the travel speed, the bending radius or the environmental conditions and are often the first components to fatigue or fail as a result, leading to high downtime and maintenance costs,” says John Barker, product manager for readychain and readycable at igus.
Designers then often start experimenting with cables from different manufacturers to find solutions. But this takes time and is error-prone, because just connecting a plug connection to the camera system can be complex. “With our readycable portfolio, we offer tough cables especially for continuous movements, which we supply ready and tested with the right plug connection,” says John Barker.
Configure Keyence-compatible cables online
New to the readycable range are power and data cables for vision systems from Keyence. The company is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of automation and quality assurance solutions and is therefore relevant for designers. With the readychain service, they can go one step further. Because igus not only supplies readycable, but also ready-to-fit energy chain systems, known as readychains.
“This combination promises maximum reliability for moving camera systems. At a low cost with a short delivery time, everything is from a single source, tested and guaranteed” says Barker.
Over 10 million metres of cables per year
At headquarters in Cologne, igus produces over 10 million metres of its chainflex cables every year. To guarantee reliability, all cables are tested 100 percent electrically and for their mechanical resilience in the laboratory. The special feature: the data from the test laboratory flows into an online service life calculator, which predicts the durability of the cables in double strokes by specifying the application parameters. igus then delivers the cable cut to the required length and equipped ready to connect with the right connections to fit the existing Keyence camera system. Due to this quality assurance and the abundance of data from the test laboratory, the company even gives a unique four-year warranty on its products with online service life calculation.
For more information, please contact:
Taylor Macdonald
Tel: 01604 677240
Email: tmacdonald@igus.net