CH Engineering develops a compact, high-tech grape harvesting vehicle with igus plastic cable carriers and bearings for use on wine vineyards 13 January 2025 – Vintners are turning to automation to overcome labor shortages...
Thiessen Tillage of Canada has invented a toolbar for pulling vines or small trees out of vineyards and orchards that mounts to either the front or rear of a tractor.
To deliver liquid nitrogen fertilizer to the field, US-based J&M Manufacturing is developing what it calls a para-linkage coulter. To keep the coulter maintenance-free and, even more importantly, to prevent lubricants from getting into...
Four unique projects receive international prizes from igus for their creative use of dry-running and self-lubricating plastic bearings April 20, 2023 – An Ohio manufacturer of grain handling equipment won the Gold manus award...
The knee-jerk reaction to “plastic” replacement bushings is, “Why’d they sell me this cheap junk?” In reality, many OEM’s are switching from traditional sintered bronze bushings to high-tech polymer bushings to gain significantly better...
The world’s first non-chemical robotic weeding for cereal crops, made by agri-tech start up Small Robot Company, has successfully identified and killed weeds at a field trial in Hampshire. The wheeled robot uses igus®...
One of the primary drivers of the increased use of automation is the lower cost of robotic solutions. While some manufacturers might still be spooked by cost, automation doesn’t have to break the bank.
iglide® M210 and M260 bearings are ideal for the construction and agricultural machinery industry because they are self-lubricating and maintenance-free March 1, 2022 – igus®, the Germany-based manufacturer of motion plastics, announced it has...
Stay up to date on industry news and all of our new products and services!
