e-chain

Why is vertical farming becoming so popular in the UK?

Vertical farming is something that we are hearing more and more of and when you look at the situation with climate change, it is becoming more essential. There are many ways of ensuring that vertical farming is successful in a positive way! Read more to find out how igus® products are helping in this innovative way of farming.

How to boost your overall equipment effectiveness

Ensuring that your equipment is going to perform the best for you is paramount! And in some applications and industries is is even more important that components are performing at their optimum. So, with that in mind, how can we boost the overall equipment effectiveness? Is it easy? Let’s find out.

Why use a cable drum in a refrigeration lorry?

Ensuring that power can get to lorries is essential. How many of us now get our weekly shop delivered? Keeping the food cold allows us to have this luxury but have you ever considered how the power gets to these lorries safely?

3 reasons why industrial manufacturing robots are important

industrial manufacturing robots are more important than ever before. The need to work collaboratively with humans means a greater output, has a greater safety aspect and enables a wider range of production steps to be undertaken. But why are these industrial manufacturing robots so important?

Drone in a box – Could you modify your drone?

I remember a time that drones were a thing of the future, a pipe dream, a fantasy. But the pip dream came true and now more and more people are using drones for personal and business use. This is not a cheap hobby so being able to retrofit parts onto drones without a MOQ and using cost effective parts is invaluable.

Bend radius calculator for energy chains

How do you calculate the bend radius of an energy chain? On the surface the question is quite simple but in reality this is a very important and can be rather confusing. This blog is aimed to help you understand how to calculate the bend radius and the reasons as to why.