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Damage patterns of plain bearings – Part 3: Cracks in the plain bearing

Lars Butenschön | 15. February 2023

Damage to plastic plain bearings is often the result of improper assembly, incorrect structural design or incorrect material selection. On the one hand, the nature and mode of operation of the plastic plain bearings place some demands on the dimensioning, design and assembly of the bearing point. On the other hand, compared to metallic bearings, […]

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World premiere: for the first time i.Sense EC.W wear sensor can be selected in the e-chain configurator with one click

Richard Habering | 6. February 2023

Get quickly and easily to an individual solution: igus offers a wide range of online tools to make this a success. They include the "e-chains expert", which enables interested parties to assemble an individual energy chain system in just three steps. For the first time, users now have the option of configuring their e-chain with the intelligent i.Sense EC.W wear sensor directly.

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Damage patterns of plain bearings – Part 2: Plain bearings melted

Lars Butenschön | 1. February 2023

Damage to plastic plain bearings is often the result of improper assembly, incorrect structural design or incorrect material selection. On the one hand, the nature and mode of operation of the plastic plain bearings place some demands on the dimensioning, design and assembly of the bearing point. On the other hand, compared to metallic bearings, […]

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Tips for lower TCO and better environmental balance

Marco Thull | 27. January 2023

Service life, maintenance intensity, recyclability and Industry 4.0 compatibility are important factors that decide on the TCO and environmental balance. But they are by no means the only ones.

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The components of the igus:bike in the test laboratory – tested and safe

igu-blog-adm | 25. January 2023

For igus, safety comes first. For this reason, when we bring new products onto the market, they are tested beforehand. And for a really long time, over and over again. And then optimised. And tested again. And this goes on until we are satisfied with the service life. Which then lies beyond any norm. For this purpose, igus® has had its own test laboratory since 1985, which now occupies a floor area of 3,800m². And on a small part of it are the test rigs for the igus:bike.

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