Industrial USB cables for digital image processing

"It's so easy!" is the corporate philosophy of IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH, Obersulm. "Our compact cameras are based on the central customer benefit of simple installation and simple use in practice," explains Marketing Manager, Thomas Schmidgall. "We pay attention to the highest quality. It starts with the development and ends with the accessories!" For the cameras that are used in rough, industrial image processing, IDS offers its customers the USB cables specially developed by igus for high data transmission requirements as accessories. For dynamic movements in measurement and testing technology or for robot use, the industrial chainflex CFBUS.065 and CFBUS.066 are recommended. "The robustness and the signal quality convinced us right from the start," the Marketing Manager looks back. "Starting from a length of 5m, we only specify the industry-compatible bus cables from igus for perfect data transmission. Conventional cables cannot withstand the mechanical and electrical loads over the long term." "We have been looking for a long time for ways to implement a transmission length of 10m for industrial use, so that no other fault-prone components have to be used. We tested a large number of cables from a wide variety of suppliers before we came across the chainflex cables. None of them could withstand the requirements of interference-free signal transmission." The USB connection itself is not the problem, but the mechanical and electrical loads caused failures time and again.