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Global Manufacturing Facilities Since 2003 member of WRControls Group, with production facilities in Europe and Asia, Flexball Italiana is a global company with customers worldwide and leader in the design and manufacturing of remote control systems for the industrial sector and for several other fields. Thanks to our technical competence with more than 50 years experience and one of the widest range of controls, we can provide customized solutions to maximize the performance of your vehicles.

ABOUT US: BUSINESS, DEVELOPMENT, ENGINEERING AND PRODUCTION CAPABILITIES Located in Orbassano (Turin – ITALY), Flexball Italiana designs, engineers and manufactures “Flexball” ball bearing controls since 1960, wire cables since 1970 and control boxes for many different kind of applications for various industries in Italy, Europe and others countries in the world. The main business areas are: railway, metro, tram and transport in general agricultural machinery construction equipment professional and pleasure boats truck and bus We manufacture controls, either mechanical or electronic, for all...

FLEXBALL CABLES The Flexball cable, recognizable from the green colour of the plastic cover, is an extremely flexible and sliding cable. It has a very reliable and robust construction which guarantees very high performances. If mounted properly, it will last “for ever” Central blade Sphere External blade Ball guide It can operate in severe environmental conditions such as It’s efficiency is highly better than any traditional push-pull cable. The Flexball cable maintains high mechanical efficien- moisture, condensation or icing, without impact on performance. For standard cables the working temperature...

CONSTRUCTION Ball bearing controls have an inner blade which is held between two rows of ball bearings by two outer blades, and all is contained in a high strength outer casing. Stainless steel inner components guarantee an optimal lifetime with high fatigue resistance in any working condition. Terminal and end fittings can be made of steel, stainless steel or brass. APPLICATION Ball bearing controls are generally used in applications with long routings and high tension and compression. The Flexball cable is manufactured in lengths ready to install. It replaces complex solid rods, hydraulic,...

PRODUCT RANGE The Flexball cable is available in different sizes, from type 55 which has a conduit diameter of 9.5 mm, to type 160 that has a conduit diameter of 24.3 mm. The Flexball cables are available with several types of end fittings to fit the different application requirements. Stroke Stroke L Stroke L L Stroke Stroke Stroke Stroke Stroke End fitting with rack (shown completelly pulled out) End fitting with rack (shown completelly pulled out) End fitting with rack Standard end fitting pulled out) (shown completelly (shown completelly End fitting with rack pulled out) (shown completelly...

STANDARD FLEXBALL END FITTING DIMENSIONS AN: standard cable coating  Cable type ACP: reinforced cable coating  Cable’s elongation (mm): Cable’s length (m) x Applied Load (N) x Ec x 0.01

Pull and push-pull cables1PULL CABLES Flexball has a wide range of wire cables that is the result of the experience of 50 years of design of pull and push-pull cables for the most different applications: from the simple pull throttle cable to the more sophisticated gear shifter cable or to the very performing cable of a power transmission pump. Wire rope controls are only used in tension applications and can be matched with a variety of handles and levers on one side and several attachments (blades, clevis, threaded terminal) on the other side. The pull cable is schematically composed of conduit,...

^PUSH-PULL CABLES Push-pull control cables provide an efficient, highly reliable and lightweight solution of remote actuation at long distances. Push-pull cable main feature is the high flexibility and its capability to adapt to the different applications. Push-pull cables can be used in the agriculture, industrial, automotive, marine and railway sectors. Basically the push-pull cable is made of a conduit, a wire which slides inside the conduit and two terminals, one on each side of the cable. The end fittings are the linkage between the cable and other mechanical devices. The construction materials...

BENDING RADIUS The table in the previous page reports the recommended minimum bending radius for each type of cable. Higher is the bending radius, better is the performance of the cable and longer is its lifetime. CALCULATION OF THE STROKE In case of linear actuation, to understand the necessary stroke it is enough to measure the difference between the initial position of the actuation point and the end position after the cable has been full operated. Stroke If the cable is connected to the lever, the connection point moves on an arc profile but the travel is its segment. Cable fitting with G...

BACKLASH The backlash is caused by the free play between the core (wire) and the conduit. It is measured as the lost motion (on the output) under light input forces applied on the cable. Backlash increases proportionally with the bending degrees and it becomes evident during cable's changes of direction. The backlash is related to diameter differences between core and conduit, the input force and the total number of bending degrees of the cable once installed. Here below, we summarize the backlash of each type of cables, calculated considering a total bending of 360° degrees. Cables EFFICIENCY...

END FITTINGS FOR PUSH-PULL CABLES Several kind of end fittings are available as reported here below.

CABLE FITTING G SHAPE Stroke CABLE FITTING T SHAPE Type Stroke A

Cables Cable shape Notes: • If the cable has different shapes on the two ends: - the one which has the lower reference takes the first position (a) - the other end takes position (b) • Position c: if the cable is type 07E (economical), please replace the "-" with