"A gliding body was to be found that should fulfill the following functions: It should glide on drawn aluminum profile (column), the material must be abrasion resistant, the gliding movement should be free of noise, the gliding body cannot leave behind traces and it should possess a ten-year service life. After several rejected solution proposals, only the material from igus® remains. An injection-molded part was created, used in our existing housing shell and it began functioning at first go and now five years have passed since. ”
Hanna Tielebier, Carl Zeiss AG, Jena