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Packaging of sterile syringe sets
This isolator from the Japanese cleanroom specialist Airex
For all tasks - the appropriate solution in any batch size from stock Co. Ltd. is used for sterile packaging of syringe sets. The
Different industries need different solutions. From mechanical engineering, automotive assembly or medical technology, to syringe trays are guided through the isolator on a slightly
the robotics industry - igus offers customised solutions for specific applications. igus possesses many years of experience inclined roller system and ejected again at the end of the
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in most branches of industry and has competent specialists that can be contacted when necessary. If your industry is not decontamination isolator via a mechanism. Due to the
listed, please let us know. We're here to help. cleanroom conditions, the bearings used for the roller
system had to be lubrication-free and highly resistant to
Go online and find solutions for almost every branch of industry chemicals. The designer decided on xiros deep groove ball
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u www.igus-asean.com/industry bearings made of the material xirodur C160 and igubal
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pillow block bearings.

Floating power turbine Fertiliser machine
A floating power generation system that converts the force The machine forms a narrow furrow in the soil and
of sea waves or river currents into energy with the help of injects urea ammonium nitrate (UAN). Bronze bushes
turbines. The bearings in the system are exposed to extremely cannot withstand the liquid fertiliser, moisture, mud and
difficult conditions: they have to be mechanically robust as constant impact forces. The designers therefore use
well as compact, lightweight and resistant to seawater. The maintenance-free and wear-resistant iglidur M250
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engineers selected igubal pillow block bearings (KSTM-GT) and iglidur G polymer bearings. Machines equipped
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and fixed flange bearings made iglidur W300. with bearings from igus have already been operating
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for four years without any problems.

3D printed finger phalanxes in an exoskeleton Automated production of thermal walls
Low friction, light and made to measure - quickly printed An important factor in the sustainability and energy efficiency
components for therapeutic applications. According to of a building is insulation. An efficient invention in the field of
the German Stroke Association, someone in Germany insulation material is the automatic insulation material cutter.
suffers a stroke every two minutes. In order to make it This enables fast and precise cutting optimisation, which
easier to re-learn how to grasp things after a stroke, results in significantly less waste saving material and time
Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zurich (ETHZ costs. In addition, the cutter allows many applications and
university) developed a hand exoskeleton called is therefore also suitable for special shapes and angle cuts.
RELab tenoexo. This can perform up to 80 per cent of This leads to simplified processing of insulation material and
everyday activities. 3D printed finger phalanges made higher efficiency in the work process. The axes bearings of
of the iglidur i6 high-performance plastic ensure the 3D head were realised with iglidur slewing ring bearings
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optimum force transmission. (PRT-01 type).

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