e-skin soft SKS28 | Bi: 100mm

More space in small cleanrooms

Proven design with a larger interior
The corrugated tube-like cleanroom energy supply, which consists of an upper and lower shell, is openable and has an unsupported length thanks to the shell design. The e-skin® soft fulfils the highest cleanroom class thanks to the specially developed polymer material igumer SKS. Now available in 100mm width for the version with 28mm inner height. There are now four inner heights: 20mm, 24mm, 40mm and an inner height of 28mm with 2 widths of 68mm and 100mm.

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Tech up

47% more inner width, for more cables with the same inner height

Cost down

No contamination of production parts in the cleanroom by particles, fit for small installation spaces

Proof

Testing during the entire development and approval process in the in-house igus ISO 1 cleanroom laboratory

Sustainability

Flexible igumer SKS material makes the e-skin soft suitable for small installation spaces

Real-world application

Adhesive dispenser for camera modules

Customer requirements: The company Mingseal manufactures products for the 3C industry (computer, communication and consumer electronics). The main product is an adhesive dispenser for camera modules. The igus E3 and E6 energy chain systems, which are already suitable for ISO Class 1 according to IPA, were previously used as energy supply systems. Nowadays, however, the market demands an even higher particle-free standard (and thus theoretically an even better ISO Class) than before, especially for mobile phone camera modules. The reason for this is the ever-increasing number of pixels on mobile phone cameras, because if there is just one particle on these modules, the entire module is abandoned and the overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) and the yield (YIELD) of the system drop enormously.

Our solutions: In the first step, the customer had to replace the energy chain with other products, e.g. welded cleanroom ribbon cables. The disadvantages of this solution soon became apparent: On the one hand, it was not possible to open the welded ribbon cables to add or replace cables, and on the other hand, the cables broke very quickly because they had to support themselves. After only half a year, the first defects appeared on these welded cables, which in turn led to the system coming to a standstill. The igus cleanroom energy supply system e-skin convinced the engineers at Mingseal. The unique, openable corrugated tube for cleanrooms, which consists of an upper and lower shell, combined the engineers' requirements of openability, inherent rigidity and compactness with the highest cleanroom suitability according to ISO Class 1. The compact e-skin series SKS20 will be installed in new machines in the future.