On 15 April 2015 the winners of the 7th manus® competition for plastic plain bearing applications were announced by igus® at the Hanover Messe.
This year’s Gold award winner is a system that assists doctors with keyhole cochlea implant surgery to treat inner ear deafness and profound deafness.
The winner of this year’s Silver manus® award is a machine that makes it easier to draw off screed.
This year, Bronze goes to a laser-based 3D printing machine that prints metal parts made of titanium, aluminium, steel or even gold.
(f.l.t.r.): Deepak Pauk, igus® India, Dr. Stefan Kombüchen, Jan-Philipp Kobler - Leibniz University Hannover (gold), Gerhard Baus, Frank Blase, David Kampitsch - Mai International GmbH Österreich (silver), Christian Hardenbicker, Tobias Vogel