HK-SO-ROBOFLEX

12/01/2011

HELUKABEL® descends into the underworld, but only to develop a special cable for controlling channel robots (manipulators). The HK-SO-Roboflex cable was designed, constructed and produced specifically for use in humid, constricted and dark channels. It makes sewer renovation, which is usually inaccessible to humans and better suited to robots, a clean business – at least when it comes to localizing potential damage. To be able to withstand the adverse external conditions, this cable features a microbe and hydrolysis resistant sheath. As the robot can only travel forwards in the channel under its own power (six motors), it has to be pulled back-wards out of the channel. That's why the HK-SO-Roboflex uses an aramide fibre structure as a strain relief. The cable transmits live images to a screen in the control centre via a coaxial cable. To prevent the image quality being impaired by the environment, compressed air is supplied through two PA hoses to remove small obstacles and dirt from the camera.

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