Standards and Certificates

Examples for test certificates and approvals of igus®-products

ISO 9001

Certified in accordance with DIN ISO 9001:2015

if Design Award

26 iF Design Awards since 1987

Award-winning igus® designs

TÜV construction test

igus® e-chains® and E-Tubes are construction-tested by TÜV Rheinland. igus® EChains® were tested and passed by TÜV Rheinland in accordance with the valid machine guidelines.

As a result, the user of igus® e-chains® need not worry about meeting CE requirements through testing for this portion of the machinery. The construction test 2PFG 1036 / 10/97 for protective equipment includes the following:

Application and safety

mounting

fatigue strength

Resistance to external influences

Sharp corners and edges

ESD

Colour of igumid ESD products: similar to RAL7015, slate-grey to secure distinguishability with standard materials.
An e-chain® is not sufficient to ensure sufficient conductivity, if only the individual components exhibit conductivity, but the whole e-chain® from one end to the other must have a continuous conductivity.

ATEX and ESD information

IPA clean room

A lot of e-chains® are suitable for the use in cleanrooms according to DIN EN ISO 14644-1. Acknowledged by the IPA Fraunhofer Institut.

Clean-Room

UL, CSA, CEI, CE and VDE

All igumid materials have UL approval. The material igumid NB has got the fire protection class approval IIb according to the test VDE 0304 Part 3/5.70, the approval V2 according UL 94 and the construction material class B2 according DIN 4102.

Interbus and DESINA

chainflex®- cables are produced according to a lot of international standards: For Interbus certification of certain CF11 bus cables. CC-Link: CC-Link is a field bus founded by Mitsubishi Electric Automation. igus® chainflex® CF.BUS035 has CC-Link approval. DESINA: Many chainflex® cables are Desina-compliant.