Fit for the Eurasian market with chainflex!

Die EAC- und CTP-Zertifikate für die chainflex Leitungen erleichtern den Zugang zum eurasischen Markt. (Quelle: igus GmbH) / The EAC and CTP certificates for chainflex cables facilitate access to the Eurasian market. (Source: igus GmbH)

Over 1,000 chainflex cables from igus, which are specifically designed for the flexible use in energy chains, have almost 4,000 certificates. This allows customers to not only distribute with complicated special approvals, but also guarantee the reliability of your machines. These include, CE, UL, CSA, GL and cleanroom certifications. New to the range are chainflex cable types that are now marked with the EAC sign for the Eurasian region.

Similar to the CE marking for European countries, the EAC Seal (Eurasian Conformity) has been available for Eurasian countries for some years. With this certificate, the manufacturer confirms that their products have successfully undergone the necessary compliance procedures so that they may be imported into the respective states or even produced there. To date Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan belong to the alliance founded in 2011. To carry the EAC logo, products must undertake a process of conformity at an authorised certification body. "A multitude of chainflex cables from igus have now successfully passed this process and can therefore carry the seal of the customs union. Special approvals are distributed with the seal and the customer saves a lot of time during the import," said Rainer Roessel, head of chainflex at the igus GmbH. "What is special about our cables is that they have been specifically designed and tested for moving applications in energy chains, and therefore we can guarantee the life of the cables."

Tested and safe - guaranteed

Over 1,000 different chainflex cables, have now been awarded the EAC test mark, and have been examined according to the relevant standards, such as the so-called Russian Machinery Directive. Due to the special structures and materials used the cables specifically developed for energy chains fulfil the conformity according to the guidelines of the Eurasian Customs Union for the first time. In addition, 986 chainflex types have passed the strict CTP fire certification and are also provided with this test mark. The new markings EAC and CTP replace the formerly required GOST-R certificate. In addition to the tests required to obtain the certificates, igus tests its cables in its own 1,750-square-metre test lab in order to guarantee the service life in application in energy chains. Over two billion test cycles are completed there every year. The results of these tests are collected in igus' own database so that the service life can be reliably predicted.

The appropriate certificates of the conforming chainflex cable families can be viewed and downloaded online at http://www.igus.de/wpck/11033/chainflex_certificates.