Energy Chains Receive Energy Chains As A Customized Complete System

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The Totaltrax concept from Tsubaki Kabelschlepp, with its pre-assembled energy chain systems, helps the user focus on their core competencies. Additionally, it improves process planning, ensures cost transparency, and provides quality assurance.

Why do something yourself that others can do faster and better? Why use skilled workers for tasks that are not part of the company's core competencies? Why waste time and space on assembling modules when a tailored solution is available quickly, flexibly, and at a fair price? There is no reasonable answer to any of these questions. Rather, they show that it is often more sensible to work with a customized complete system instead of assembling the individual components yourself.

"In the current volatile economic situation, medium-sized companies face multiple challenges, such as supply chain uncertainties, rising costs, and intense competitive pressure," says Jochen Becker, Sales Director D/A/CH at Tsubaki Kabelschlepp. "Complete systems are advantageous in this situation because they improve the predictability of processes and costs while simultaneously minimizing the risk of downtime due to supply bottlenecks or assembly errors. With our customized Totaltrax systems, we also offer customers long-standing expertise, assured quality, and flexibility in the face of fluctuating demand."

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Complete Systems Create Degrees of Freedom in Manufacturing

Currently, Becker observes a clear trend among customer inquiries toward complete systems. The reasons for this are varied, and the requirements for the supplier are just as individual as they are complex. According to Becker, the benefits of ordering an energy chain as a system rather than in individual parts become evident when looking closely at the still often standard practice. "In the machinery and plant engineering sector, workplaces are frequently set up where two to three people equip and pre-assemble the chains with cables before they are integrated into the machine," explains Jochen Becker. "With Totaltrax, we take care of that. The customer not only frees up two employees who can be deployed elsewhere but also gains several square meters of additional space."

And it’s not just the machinery and plant engineering sectors that can benefit from Totaltrax systems. While customers were almost exclusively from the machine tool industry ten years ago, Tsubaki Kabelschlepp has significantly expanded the application range of its system concept since then. Today, Totaltrax can be found in harbor cranes as well as milking robots and numerous other applications. "Other industries, too, are now recognizing the advantage of no longer assembling the chain meter, cables, plugs, and internal layout themselves when a complete system is available instead—in the desired quantity, within the agreed time, and at the agreed price," emphasizes Jochen Becker. "Process pressure, time pressure, and cost pressure are currently growing exponentially, and our customers are correspondingly eager to find partners who can help alleviate this pressure. With our Totaltrax systems, that's exactly what we do."

Huge Toolbox Without Material Dogma

When configuring customer-specific Totaltrax systems, Tsubaki Kabelschlepp fundamentally relies on all its energy chain series and components. This provides a vast toolkit from which an optimal solution can be generated for virtually any requirement. A particular advantage: there is also flexibility in the available materials. Depending on the application and environmental conditions, steel, plastic, or hybrid chains can be used. The latter combine plastic sidebands with aluminum profiles and cover any desired width in millimeter increments.

"In comparison to the industry, we have one of the broadest portfolios to draw from," explains Jochen Becker. "This gives us the ability to offer many size and width variants—completely without a material dogma. Our customers can find everything from small plastic chains to XXL steel chains and everything in between. Our Totaltrax systems range from simple to complex, from single production to large quantities, with or without connector assemblies, sheet metal, and add-on components, as single- or multi-axis systems. Everything is possible."

Expert Coaching from Start to Finish

The engineers and technicians ensure that the right solution is always created from the vast range of options. They not only have many years of expertise in energy management but are also highly knowledgeable in machinery and plant engineering. This allows every project to be handled as efficiently and competently as possible—from the initial inquiry to the installation of the Totaltrax system.

"Everything starts with the installation space," describes Jochen Becker about the approach. "There is a specific installation space scenario, and our Totaltrax system has to fit into it. We then work out the optimal solution together with the customer. We determine the best arrangement, how environmental influences can be mitigated, and so on. For this, our application engineering team dives deep into the project, works closely with the customer on the details, and ultimately provides proposals for a feasible solution."

The basic principle here is "the earlier, the better." If the experts from Tsubaki Kabelschlepp are involved at a very early stage of design, they can help shape the integration of the energy chains. "The interface should always be planned in such a way that the Totaltrax system can later be mounted quickly and easily as a complete assembly," emphasizes Jochen Becker. "This falls under the overarching term of interface optimization. In this area, we can assist the customer."

On Equal Footing in Every Respect

It goes without saying that the optimal solution is not available overnight. It requires a lot of coordination, fine-tuning, and detailed work until the result is finalized and ready for series production. However, when it comes to speed and flexibility, Tsubaki Kabelschlepp, as a medium-sized company with high manufacturing depth and engineering expertise, has another ace up its sleeve.

"Thanks to short paths and lean administration, we can respond quickly to inquiries, implement projects promptly, and thus achieve short delivery times," summarizes Jochen Becker. "When I talk to a customer, I can pass the information directly to production. Additionally, we not only have extensive expertise in injection molding but are also well-versed in machinery and plant engineering. This means we speak our customer's language, have a good understanding of their needs, and can engage with them on an equal footing in every respect."

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