Snap-connected elastic joint elements replace pivot pins to eliminate friction wear and abrasion while ensuring identical strand lengths.
Double hardening treatment creates a composite microstructure to prevent brittle fracture at -70°C while enabling reduced chain diameters for improved handling.
Replacing complex force sensors with a mechanical trigger cord reduces false triggering and unnecessary emergency stops in energy guiding chains.
A textile chain forming device creates Möbius strip links using a rotation module and gas injectors.
Elastomeric damping sections integrated into fastening elements absorb impact energy to eliminate chain deployment noise.