Allied Electronics has _Continuous Flex_ cable listed and that's what you'd want when attaching to a moving axis, whether it's in a cable drag chain or not. Here's the Alpha wire catalog page from Allied Electronics page:
http://www.alliedelec.com/catalog/pf.aspx?fn=1358.pdf If anyone knows of a better place (cheaper) to get cable, I'm all ears... The problem w/ continuous flex is that it's very expensive. So, you need to ask yourself if it's worth it? Usually, I end up going w/ normal cable and in this case, some ethernet cable as suggested might work okay. If it's a hobby garage machine, it's probably fine, if it's a 24/7 production machine, you might spend the money... Mark > On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 8:11 AM, Nicklas Karlsson < > nicklas.karlsso...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> How about ordinary ethernet cable? >> >> On Mon, 17 Oct 2016 14:36:22 +0100 >> andy pugh <bodge...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > On 17 October 2016 at 13:53, Ed <ate...@mwt.net> wrote: >> > > Looking for a very flexible cable for an encoder, 3 pair will work >> would >> > > like 6 pair. The cable is in a cable track and gets flexed each time >> > > the Z moves. Only need about 15 feet but will take more for spares. >> > >> > Where are you? >> > >> > You probably want drag-chain cable, maybe look here for part numbers, >> > them more locally to purchase. >> > https://www.rapidonline.com/drag-chain-cable >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
