Products for nautical applications face an unusual set of design challenges. The corrosiveness of salt water can cause premature degradation, and the impact of fast-moving vessels bouncing up against forceful ocean waves can also...
A new igus design study shows how smoothly linear, plain bearings made from recycled material work on wooden shafts 26 June 2023 – Wood and plastic? Is that a good combination? The motion plastics...
A self-draining design, iglide high-performance plastic and stainless steel ensure an exceptionally hygienic linear guide April 19, 2023 — Cleaning with chemicals is a daily occurrence for machines in the food processing industry. Even...
Dry-running igus drylin linear guides and dryspin lead screws ensure precise drilling of air holes 28 March 2023 – Drilling 4,540 holes with precision: the trainees at SHW-Werkzeugmaschinen faced this task when building an...
drylin® W clips carriage ensures quick assembly directly on the rail and easy handling 14 February 2023 – The motion plastics specialist igus® has introduced an exciting new variant of the clip-type linear carriage....
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Lifting a component into a shipping carton with three fingers, then placing cardboard over it for protection with a vacuum gripper: for this automation process, the Gesellschaft für modulare Greifersysteme (GMG) from Soest has...
The linear carriage T20 of the drylin W series makes switching from ball guides to sliding linear guides even easier 26 JULY 2022 – igus®, a leading global manufacturer of engineered components to increase...
drylin WJRM-BB-31 and WJRM-BB-41 hybrid rolling bearings from igus can be implemented with more ease than ever with a new service life calculator 21 JULY 2022 – Motion plastics expert igus® has recently introduced...
Autonomous cleaning robot runs even cleaner with drylin linear bearings Self-lubricating drylin® linear guides ensure smooth operation of the K900 cleaning robot from KEMARO AG The K900 industrial robot cleans floors wherever it needs to, autonomously...
40 percent less friction and a new optimized 3:1 design rule: drylin T Miniature Guide Carriage with new iglide E3 material July 13, 2022 – igus®, the motion plastics specialist, announced it has achieved...
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