Plastic versus steel: cable carriers materials investigated

In automation, materials of machine components and their respective properties have a crucial role. With applications as versatile as operation conditions, manufacturers of cable conveyor systems need to review their product offering and decide whether to specialise or diversify.

For cable conveyors used in machines and automation, the choice of product and material is determined by the operation conditions of the application. There is no universal solution as such – as materials have functional limits indeed.