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Edge load in practice – why recommended surface pressure is often misleading

Lars Butenschön | 24. March 2020

It is not infrequent that plain bearings in various applications abruptly transform into piles of debris. There is the dumper whose bearings give up the ghost with a dramatic crunch and the doors that first squeak and then settle. And when that happens, users, sales consultants, and designers stand there and wonder what made it […]

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Why are there Ethernet cables with 600V UL?

Jan Arnoldy | 24. March 2020

Before we turn to Ethernet cables with 600V UL, let’s take a look at Ethernet cables generally. Ethernet is the most widely used standard for local area network (LAN) cabling. Although transmission rates of up to 400 Gbps are currently specified, a maximum speed of 40 Gbps is possible according to the current state of […]

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Optimised solution for vertical energy supply

Christian Strauch | 24. March 2020

Guidelite ECO: Part 1 For vertical energy supply in intralogistics such as storage and retrieval units, lifters and other lifts, the energy chain is still preferred to the busbar system. The travel or stroke lengths are generally less than 50 metres – usually much less. The question is this: which costs less? Busbar system or […]

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Jacket materials

igu-blog-adm | 23. March 2020

Why are there different jacket materials, and what materials are there? What are the differences in materials?

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From prototype to volume production: how to choose the right method

Lars Butenschön | 23. March 2020

A variety of tools has been available for creating plastic components and parts since before the breakthrough of additive manufacturing processes such as laser sintering and 3D printing. But now there is scarcely any limit to the imagination. The only problem is that, thanks to 3D printing, dreams of plastic are facing a rude awakening. It […]

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