Overview of igus® industry solutions
For all tasks - in all batch sizes
Different industries need different solutions Whether in mechanical engineering, automobile manufacturing or in the robot industry - igus® offers customized support for special applications.
igus® has long years of experience and specialist consultants for many industries. This is only an excerpt. If your industry is not listed, let us know. We'd be glad to assist you further.
3D Printing machine
Automotive
Construction machinery
Sheet metal forming and processing
Bicycle industry
Facade
systems
Fluid technology
Beverage industry
Glass industry
Wood industry
Indoor Cranes
Industrial image processing
Camera and film technology
Sewage treatment plants
Engineering offices
Cranes
Plastic machines
Agricultural engineering
Food industry
Aviation
Maritim
Material handling
Medical technology
Model building
Furniture/Industrial design
Musical instruments
Offshore
Portals
Prostheses
Clean-Room
Robotics
Control cabinet building
Shipbuilding
Bulk
handling
Heavy machinery / Plant construction
Public bath/pool construction
Service robot
Solar technology
Sport, fitness & Rehab
Steel works
Textile industry
Theater / Stage construction / Lighting technology
Public transport engineering
Packaging
industry
Wind power
stations
Washing
plants
Machine
tools
Machine types
Here you will find an overview of machine types with possible application areas for igus® products.
Injection molding machines
Injection molding machines generally consist of three units: the machine bed, the injection unit and clamping unit. Click here to see how igus® products can be used.
Passenger boarding bridges
The mechanical movement should run smoothly in passenger boarding bridges. Click here to see the places where igus® products can be used for this purpose.
Flat knitting machines
The textile industry is driven by quality, precision and cleanliness. This favors the use of igus® products in flat knitting machines due to their fail safe properties and the complete absence of lubricants.
Large format printers
Since industry has an increasing demand for the use of large format printers or plotters, it is particularly important that these work reliably. The mechanical movement must operate smoothly, in order to avoid extensive downtime.
Cutting systems
The e-chainsystems® and chainflex® cables from igus® can ensure high holding times in all cutting machines through a long service life.
CNC machining center for the timber industry
e-chainsystems and chainflex® cables from igus® compel with long service-lives when exposed to chips generated in CNC machining centres.
Tractors
The use of plastic plain bearings facilitates 8 x longer service life also possible in tractors.
Bulkhandling Cranes applications
igus® applications and references with bulkhandling cranes.
Palletizing / Handling technology
Products for palletization and handling systems in the packaging industry
Filling and closing machines for tubular bags
igus® products in tubular bag packing machines
Weighing technology
igus® weighing technology products in the packaging industry
Ship unloader
441m travel with E-ChainSystem® in Malaysia: Reduction of tensile strengths by about 75%, E-Chains® with weight up to 2.5 tons.
Ship loader
Since the ship loader started operations in 2000, no troubles, either mechanical or in the cables, have occurred in the energy chain area.
Roof structure
Thanks to the construction with E-Chains® in the thermal spas in Bad Wörishofen, about 100 meters of cable could be saved and the weight of the roof was reduced.
Handling system
Robotic handling system for circuit boards. Flexible energy supply system in use in clean room technology.
Glass production
Higher variability at lower costs - Multidimensional energy supply systems raise the performance of robots.
Crane track
All energy chains systems installed in a channel in the floor were equipped with stainless steel guide troughs. The travel distances of these cranes amount up to 500 m.
Fairground rides
The demands on the facility are very high. All parts of the elevator are permanently exposed to wind and weather, and additional centrifugal forces act upon the parts by the 180° rotation.
Machining center
Top condition even after 9 years - Preassembled energy supply systems for precision machines working under tough environmental conditions
Wood industry
The igus® preassembled energy chains create a lasting, low-wear connection to the tools.
Streetcar switches
The applied material repels chips with temperatures up to 850° C without leaving a trace.
Crane system
In the crane system, the requirements on the operating safety are especially high due to the long travels. Expensive shut downs and downtimes must be avoided in any case.
Wood-sawing machines
Unlike in former times, the Homag-Sawtech AG has virtually no more complaints.
Machine tool manufacture
From special design to standard model - Preassembled energy supply systems reduce the costs in machine tool making in the long term.
Machining center
The ready-to-install assembled energy supply system is perfectly aligned to the high demands of the machine tool industry.
Laser cutting machines
Due to the extremely high demands on the dynamics, the energy chain had to be stable, rugged and not too heavy. The chain experiences very high cross accelerations especially on the Y axis.
Special machine construction
Due to the technical requirements of the milling machine, only those energy chains are considered that fulfill the complex requirements due to the high rates of feed and the bending radii.
Sewage treatment plant
Energy chain system instead of cable drum - Smooth operation at the sewage treatment plant since 2000
Stacking unit
In this application, a control cable for extremely narrow bending radii is used.
Passenger compartment doors
Chainflex® control cables for extremely narrow bending radii are used in this application in passenger compartment doors in public transport vehicles.
Crane system
In crane construction, energy supply systems frequently prove their technical and economic strengths. Flexibility, variability and a space-saving installation are only some of the most important criteria.
Composting plant
Heat, abrasive dirt, high atmospheric moisture: These are only some of the ambient conditions in a composting plant.
Wood processing
machine
There is little space available and the cables are strongly stressed due to the complex movements.
Shipyard crane
Energy supply systems for shipyard cranes successfully in operation since six years.
OpenHydro tidal turbine
A plastic chain makes any kind of maintenance on the open sea obsolete; a conventional metal chain would not be adequate for the combination of technical, climatic and mechanical requirements.
Dummy robot
A very high acceleration provided an enormouschallenge for the design engineers of this robot.
Door drives
In the case of these gate drive units, different products from all the igus® divisions are used.
Sewage treatment plant
The used igus® products prove themselves till today and drastically reduce the maintenance input.
Adhesive resin system
In the case of this adhesive resin system, a lifting platform moves upwardto a height three or four times a day to empty barrels with a volume ofapprox. 200 litres.
Underwater boring machine
This drill, the Vibrocorer VKG-6, is used in extremely demanding environments. a
Dismantling tool
During the removal of a nuclear power plant, 14 metre-high steel tanks are milled into small metal chips. At the same time, a milling cutter, which is used as a dismantling tool, must be inserted precisely into the tank from above.
Special machine construction
Preassembled energy supply systems come into operation here. They provide the edge to cut down the cost of the process.
Furniture factory
This application example shows the use of Chainflex® cables in the furniture industry.
Loading and unloading facility
The demands on the energy supply systems are very high: High cycle times and narrow bending radii significantly strain the energy supply system and cables.
Wood and sandwich processing
Here an energy supply system was developed from standard parts, whose piggyback system at last allocates a
defined place for the large volume suction hoses.
Service life clearly enhanced
This application shows that the use of Chainflex® control cables significantly reduces the failure rate of the machine in the concrete factory.
LED screen at Victory Plaza in Dallas
Temperature-resistant chainflex® cables were used in an LED screen at the Victory Plaza in Dallas.
The longest travel with plastic energy chain
The complete length of the E-Chain®'s travel at 615m clearly exceeds the previous record holder at the Singapore harbor.
Discharging station for crude metal/metal scrap
Almost maintenance-free solution in a discharge station for crude metal/metal scrap, thanks to the energy supply system with plastic products from igus®.
TV - production
Highly flexible Chainflex® control cables are used in this application in TV production.
Low-floor tram
Chainflex® control cable for extremely narrow bending radii ensures operational safety in low-floor trams.
Fiber optic cables for mechanical engineering
The technical demands on energy supply systems in machinery and plant construction require cables that work reliably.
Linear motor axes
The energy supply systems and cables for extreme requirements in the linear drive technology were used here.
CNC automatic lathes
Pre-assembled E-ChainSystems® increase machine availability in CNC automatic lathes.
Airfield tanker vehicle
Cable and hose protection in airfield tanker vehicle with 6-level telescopic crane.
Circuit board assembler
Various Chainflex® cables and Energy Chains® are used in the "Speedmounter".
Goliath Cranes applications
igus® applications and references with Goliath Cranes.
Heavy Duty applications
Examples for the use of igus® e-chainsystems® in cranes.
Indoor and outdoor cranes
Outdoor cranes must withstand severe weather conditions. Even indoor cranes work under ever-changing humidity conditions together with very high temperatures.
Conveyor unit of coal excavator
The winner of this year’s golden vector® is also the longest travel ever to be realised with plastic Energy Chains® in the world.
Bucket wheel reclaimer
This bucket wheel reclaimer also has to be equipped with a assembling of +/-180° which can move in a circle. The E-Chains® have to acced this movement.
Circuit board component placement “Speedmounter”
The high fail-safety of the E-Chains® and Chainflex® cables were the reason igus® products were used in this case.
Design motorbike
This vector® contribution presents a motorbike with an unusual design.
Labeler for forwarding labels
This device prints forwarding labels and sticks them onto packed pallets.
Cableway switch
Every day, the cableway cabins on the Kitzsteinhorn cableway have to be moved off or put back onto the storage sidings in the top and bottom stations.
Solar vehicle
The use of Chainflex® cables achieved an increase in efficiency in this solar vehicle
Sewage treatment plant
The flizz® system energy chain solution in the longitudinal scraper bridge and sand trap in a wastewater treatment plant of the Kempten sewage board.
Machining centers
By using the universal energy chain® construction kit, significant savings can be achieved in modular CNC machining centers.
OpenHydro tidal turbine
A plastic chain makes any kind of maintenance on the open sea obsolete; a conventional metal chain would not be adequate for the combination of technical, climatic and mechanical requirements.
Conveyor unit of coal excavator
The winner of this year’s golden vector® is also the longest travel ever to be realised with plastic Energy Chains® in the world.
Bucket wheel reclaimer
This bucket wheel reclaimer also has to be equipped with a assembling of +/-180° which can move in a circle. The E-Chains® have to acced this movement.
Solar technology
Lubricant and maintenance-free drylin® lead screw units for solar technology.
Crane boom for tankers
This crane can be flexibly adjusted to fuel various types of aircraft.
Coal silo
Lower weight and space requirements than alternative solutions for conveying coal.
Reversible-head trimming shears
Quick tool changes permit continuous machining of metal bands on both sides.
Lock gates
Salt water resistance and compensation for sideways motions for lock-gate operations.
Collision Avoidance
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These applications test systems that will make driving cars safer.
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Casting implements for car rims
Automotive wheels are manufactured here using the gravity die casting process.
Anti-magnetic linear drive
An innovative linear drive for transporting loads with or without guides.
Handling roof tiles
No more cork screws and cable failures when transporting roof shingles.
Automatic multi-storey car park
Automobiles are parked and subsequently retrieved without the driver's involvement.
Linear gantry
Roller energy chains for a highly dynamic and quiet linear gantry in the automobile industry
CNC Machining Center
This CNC machining center uses e-chains® in various installation types.
Measuring system cables for large machining centers
Measuring system cable which can securely transmit signals over even large distances and ensures good machine availability.
energy chains® for microassembly
Extreme demands on availability and durability
Process crane
In this process crane there was a number of required cables and less space available.
Automated medicine handling
Preassembled energy supply systems are used in the automated handling of medicines.
Block and bar saw
Block and bar saws from Kirschner Maschinen- und Metallbau are used for automatic splitting of clearance cairns.
Circular connector
Preassembled energy supply systems pay off already from quantity 1. The customer is always on the safe side.
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