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For the first time, a joint study by scientists from RWTH Aachen University and igus shows the costs that can be saved in applications if lubrication-free polymer bearings from igus are used instead of conventional metal bearings: up to €14 million per year. Also a first: the study calculates the environmental impact – at the Heineken brewery, among others.
“igus is a company with a hands-on mentality that simply loves research.” This was the summary of students from the Technische Hochschule Nürnberg Georg Simon Ohm, who visited the igus factory in Cologne to deepen their knowledge of automation technology. Last July, they travelled to Bordeaux as Team Autonohm to take part in the 26th RoboCup World Championships with the igus low-cost cobot ReBeL.
If you are lucky enough to own a sailing boat or a yacht, you will usually also need a dinghy to take passengers from the anchorage to land and back again so they don’t get wet. This requires a lift system, a platform or a garage to lower the dinghy into the water. H+B technics from Münster focusses on precisely this market with their customised lift systems. For years, they have been relying on motion plastics from igus. Now H+B technics are also presenting their products in the virtual world – using the industrial igus metaverse.
On Saturday, 27th January 2024, igus will open its doors in Cologne for the RoboCup Junior competition. Pupils from the Rhineland compete against each other with their self-built robots in various disciplines to prepare their qualification for the German Championships. Interested spectators and members of the press are very welcome.
Increase efficiency while reducing costs: more and more companies are pursuing this goal in the course of Industry 4.0 so as to remain competitive. The automation of recurring production processes plays a central role in this process – also in injection-moulding production. Removing sprue often takes valuable time. The plastics specialist igus has therefore now developed a low-cost sprue separator for manufacturers of injection-moulding machines, such as Dr. Boy.
Plastic is a valuable resource. Not a gramme should be lost. That’s why igus produces regranulate for the iglidur ECO plain bearing series from sprue and defective injection-moulded parts. New to the range and on display at the Motek 2023 trade show in Stuttgart: the iglidur ECO P210, a chemical-resistant version.
The touch of a button transforms a luxury swimming pool into a walk-in terrace. The key is a moving pool bottom from Conmag Engineering. But what linear technology works reliably and with little maintenance under water? The engineers found the answer at igus, saving €30,000 per pool.
igus is launching a new energy supply system for SCARA robots in cleanrooms: the Clean SCARA Cable Solution is made of tribologically optimised high-performance plastics and works almost particle-free according to ISO Class 2 even in high-speed applications. It is also stronger and more user-friendly than classic corrugated hoses.
Functional surface coatings are an integral part of everyday industrial life. igus iglidur coating materials can be used to protect particularly heavily used components from wear. The lubrication-free, plastic-based powder coatings serve as a friction-optimised surface for electrically conductive components, enabling customers to greatly extend their components’ service life. The iglidur coating designer makes it even easier to select the right coating.
Constant relubrication of metallic bearing points in the food industry costs time, money and increases the risk of contamination. Maintenance-free igubal spherical bearings from igus are an economical and safe alternative. Now, the motion plastics specialist is introducing a new model for higher loads. It is equipped with a stainless-steel housing, a self-lubricating polymer inner ring and a stainless-steel spherical ball. This allows for higher-load applications to be converted to future-proof tribo-technology.