Plain Bearings
Once the first question “plastic or metal” has been answered in favour of plastics, one is often just as smart as before. As an apt comparison, my daily favourite question comes to mind: “What do we want to cook today?”. It would be great if the question could be broken down to “potatoes or noodles”. […]
The xiros guide rollers have been in the igus range for a while. They modestly, discreetly and quietly improve various applications in the background. Our rollers are constantly being further developed and improved to ensure that their flexibility is suitable for numerous applications and industries. Our black anodised guide roller for visible parts expands the […]
xiros® radial ball bearings have versatile applications. The lubrication-free and maintenance-free polymer ball bearings are convincing when used in pool cleaners and enable perfect operation. Read the complete article here.
Even beyond mere purchase price comparisons, there is great cost potential to be tapped in the plain bearings sector. What are the major cost drivers for plain bearings? And how can they be avoided? You can find out more about this here. The term “value engineering” has long since ceased to be just a profiling […]
Want to measure plain bearings? Of course you do. With the caliper, of course (or if, like the author of this text, you always got one from the instructor for this purpose – of course, by ‘one’ the caliper is meant). This may work quite well with steel plain bearings, a little spit and a […]