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Improve technology and reduce costs
For years the igus® motto has been "plastics for longer life®". By this we mean the production of innovative plastic products which reduce maintenance work, achieve technical improvements, at the same time as reducing costs and increasing service life, everything delivered immediately from stock.
Our customers were able to improve the technology and reduce costs in more than 590 applications.
Some examples:
Some examples:
The E-ChainSystems® today clearly contribute toward reliability, as system downtimes, for example through cable breaks, are reduced to zero.
Cables defy heat, sun, rain and snow
Previously used cables from a competitor had failed; since then the temperature-resistant Chainflex® cables are used; the larger-than-life size LED screen in Dallas functions in any weather.
Rough environment, high speed
Even in particularly aggressive ambient conditions like in this high speed machining center, energy supply systems prove their reliability.
Costs saved, machine
availability increased
As iglidur® plain bearings have a long service life, and in addition need not be lubricated and costs only a fraction compared to conventional bearings, 90% of the costs could be saved.
More than Euro 10,000 saved each year
The previously used bearings were blocked and the shafts used to break. The lubricant-free igubal® flange bearings used instead have been operating since May 2007 without failure. This saved Euro 2,440 in repair costs and Euro 8,400 in machine stoppages each year.
Trouble-free operation instead of shaft destruction
Due to the dirt accumulation in the ball bearings, the balls were blocked and the shafts were destroyed. The concrete cutting machine has now run for over three years entirely free of troubles despite the extremely heavy-duty operation.
Industrial Labelling Machine
No other inkjet company has yet found a cost-effective way of mounting print heads on coneyor lines...
Mechanical shutter mechanism
A production solution was required to replace the prototype joint design which was costly, timely to assemble...
Mailing machine
Re-circulating ball slides rattled and failed regularly and and were expensive to replace...
Printing machine industry
For increased service life - Low-cost angular sensor with special bearings in printing machines.
Angular sensor in printing machines
By the use of igus® plain bearings, no notable clearance or abrasion was recognizable even after a long service life.
”Virtu“ large-format printer
The ”Virtu“ large-format printer can be used to print almost anything: sheetmetal, foils, textiles, wood, glass, and, of course, also paper in widths up3.5 metres.
Enveloping machine
DryLin® T linear guides of a pneumatic opener mounted on one side for envelopes.
Electrical actuator
For extremely varied format adjustments: DryLin® SHT spindle lift table.
Enveloping machine
The stroke movement for a high-frequency, fully automatic enveloping system is implemented by plastic pillow block bearings and rod end bearings.
Lifter system for printing machine
Arguments for noise minimization and reduction of maintenance rate were decisive here.
Transport equipment
Simple pivot movements as well as compensation of misalignments are implemented in bearing assemblies of drive shafts and chain sprocket bearings with plastic pillow block bearings.
Screen printing machine
Maximum precision in color application, thanks to DryLin®.
Special machine construction
Energy supply systems demonstrate their reliability even in particularly aggressive environmental conditions in special-purpose machinery construction.
Efficient hardening with ultraviolet radiation
Easy and durable
Printer and plotter
Printer and plotter - low drive forces, low sliding friction coefficients.
Pattern
cutting machine and special plotter
Compared to the metal plain bearings first used, the better vibration dampening of iglidur® X reduced the noise of the cutter head.
Cutting machine
The spherical bearing used compensates the angle misalignment. That means no more maintenance is necessary.
Labeler for forwarding labels
This device prints forwarding labels and sticks them onto packed pallets.
Wet film thickness gage
This precision tester for accurate and rapid measurement of all liquid paint, coatings, oil coatings and adhesives is equipped with a durable and solvent resistant xiros® B180 ball bearing.
Letter folding machine
This device is used for folding letters. The folding operation in a small space reduces the frame sizes of folding machines.
Screen printing machine
Here a DryLin® T linear guide is used in a high-performance screen printing machine.
Pagepulltester
This pagepulltester is a high-precision measuring instrument for the bookbinding industry.
Paper processing machines
By the use of clearance-free pretensioned nuts in format changing systems in the paper industry, a precise and maintenance-free adjustment of the formats is enabled.
Book scanner
A book scanner to digitize cultural heritage uses lubricant-free drylin® trapezoidal lead screw nuts.
3D Printing machine
Lubricant-free, accurate, and very quiet: igus® components in 3D printers.
3D printer: xyz lubrication free
Lubricant-free, accurate, and very quiet: igus® components in 3D printers.
3D printer: light and low noise
drylin® linear technology in Cobot 3D printer. Light, quiet, and completely lubricant-free.
3D printer: max. print volumes
drylin® N flat guides with low installation height in the 3D printer LOV3.
3D printer: ready to install
The 3D printer manufacturer uses ready-to-install system solutions whether in rapid prototyping or mass production - the 3D technology offers fascinating opportunities.
Applications overview
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