This Product Selection Guide contains information to help select products in the Cable and Hose Carriers, Drag Chains category on DigiKey.com
Drag chains and cable and hose carries are flexible, hollow structures made of multiple links or chains and are used to organize, guide, and protect various types of cables and hoses. These are available in a variety of width, height, length, and bend radius options.
SelectionCharacteristics
Loading Side: Indicates which side the cable is loaded into relative to the way the item travels/is being used.
Cavity Height: Indicates the interior height of the space the cable is placed into.
Cavity Width: Indicates the interior width of the space the cable is placed into.
Minimum Bend Radius: The smallest diameter the item is nominally designed to bend to, typically attempting bends smaller than this will damage the device.
Outer Height: Indicates the external height of the item.
Outer Width: Indicates the external width of the item.
Length: The measurement of the mounting end to mounting end distance.
Link Pitch: The center-to-center distance from one link to the next.
Features: These are different capabilities or properties of the device such as 2 chambers.
Material: Indicates the material composition of the device.
Operating Temperature: Recommended operating temperature, typically given in a range or as a maximum. Exceeding these temperatures may affect performance or damage the device and other system components.
ProductExamples
| MFR PART # | 250-10-200-0 |
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| DIGI-KEY PART # | 2389-250-10-200-0-ND |
| MANUFACTURER | Energy Chain |
| DESCRIPTION | CBLE CARRIER 1.38H X 4.06W 1=1FT |
| DATASHEET | Click Here |
| MFR PART # | 0181-01-050-048-0-0-990 |
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| DIGI-KEY PART # | 2160-0181-01-050-048-0-0-990-ND |
| MANUFACTURER | Murrplastik Systems, Inc. |
| DESCRIPTION | MP18.1 CABLE CARRIER 18HX50WX990 |
| DATASHEET | Click Here |
| MFR PART # | ROB-13207 |
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| DIGI-KEY PART # | ROB-13207-ND |
| MANUFACTURER | SparkFun Electronics |
| DESCRIPTION | CBL CARRIER 10X15MM 0.5M LENGTH |
| DATASHEET | Click Here |