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Choosing a dress pack for your robot: how to approach it

Robotics · 10 Sep 2026 · 10 min

Choosing a dress pack for your robot: how to approach it

Choosing a dress pack for your robot? Here is how to set the layout, hose size, holders, retraction system and heat protection so the cables to the tool stay intact.

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    Basic · 2 Sep 2026 · 10 min

    What is a cable carrier? How it works, uses and selection

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    Choose & calculate · 14 May 2026 · 13 min

    Calculating the bending radius for cable and cable carrier (with table)

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    Choose & calculate · 28 Apr 2026 · 7 min

    Steel or plastic cable carrier: how to choose

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The terms you come across when choosing a cable carrier, explained in one sentence.

End connector
The end piece that fixes the carrier to the fixed point or the driver.
Inner widthRead more →
The free width inside the links, available for cables and hoses.
Inner heightRead more →
The free height inside the links. Determines the thickest cable that fits.
Bending radiusRead more →
The radius of the bend the carrier makes. Must match the most sensitive cable.
SagRead more →
The sagging of the upper section of a self-supporting carrier under its own weight.
Dress packRead more →
A protected cable and hose package over the axes of an industrial robot.
Crossbars
The cross connection between the side plates of a link; often can be opened.
Energy chainRead more →
Another name for cable carrier, like drag chain and cable chain.
Guide channelRead more →
A channel in which a gliding carrier runs, so that it stays in place.
GlidingRead more →
Arrangement for long travel lengths where the upper run slides over the lower.
ShelfRead more →
Horizontal division in the carrier so cables do not lie on top of each other.
DriverRead more →
The moving fixing point of the carrier on the machine.
Can be openedRead more →
Links that can be opened on the inside or outside, for laying in cables.
Travel length
The total distance the moving part covers; the carrier is roughly half of it plus the bend.
Pitch
The distance between two pivot points of successive links.
TorsionRead more →
A cable rotating about its own axis, a common cause of cable breakage.
Strain reliefRead more →
Securing cables at the ends, so they cannot slide in the carrier.
DividerRead more →
Vertical divider that splits the inner space into compartments.
Fixed point
The fixed mounting point of the carrier.
Self-supportingRead more →
Arrangement in which the carrier carries itself over the travel length without support.
Additional loadRead more →
The weight of all cables and hoses per metre of carrier.

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