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dry-tech  bearing technology | Lubrication-free made easy                                                                iglidur  | High-performance polymers
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        Proven. Predictable. Performance.                                                                                        Properties and design

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                                                                                                                                 iglidur  plain bearings made from high-
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                                                                                                                                 Wear-resistant tribo-polymers improved by precise       General properties of
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                                                                                                                                 additions of strengthening materials and solid lubricants,   iglidur  plain bearings
                                                                                                                                 tested thousands of times and proven millions of times -
                                                                                                                                 that is iglidur . igus  engineers develop and test more than    Lubrication-free
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                                                                                                                                 267 new plastic compounds every year. The finely tuned   ●
                                                                                                                                 combination of plastic matrix, strengthening components   ●  Corrosion-resistant
                                                                                                                                 and solid lubricants in every single tribo-polymer results in    Good media resistance
                                                                                                                                 an individual properties profile in each case. In more than   ●
                                                                                                                                 15,000 individual tests a year on over 200 test rigs in the   ●  High compressive strength
                                                                                                                                 igus  test laboratory, all materials are thoroughly tested.    High mechanical dampening
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                                                                                                                                 The findings go into a unique knowledge database on     ●
                                                                                                                                 the tribology of maintenance-free plastic plain bearings.   ●  Low coefficient of friction
                                                                                                                                 This database enables us to select the ideal iglidur  plain
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        Proven.                                               offers designers the possibility of not only determining the       bearing for our customers depending on the application   ●  Maintenance-free
        Since 1983, igus  has been manufacturing plain bearings   iglidur  plain bearing with the best price-performance ratio   and to calculate its anticipated service life. If necessary, it    High resistance to contamination
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        from specifically developed iglidur  high-performance   within a few minutes, but also to get an exact report on         is also possible to develop an application-specific material,   ●
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        plastics. Over 50 different polymer compounds have been   the predicted service life in the application. Easy. Online    exactly adapted to the thermal, mechanical and tribological   ●  Lightweight
        developed and tested since then. In order to make the   calculation available.                                           requirements, which goes beyond the existing iglidur      High wear resistance
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        selection of the best material for wear-resistant parts in                                                               product range. In addition, freely accessible and user-  ●
        various environments as easy and safe as possible, igus    Performance.                                                  friendly online tools enable every user to select his personal   ●  Excellent price-performance ratio
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        tests these materials in over 15,000 application-oriented   Since 1983, iglidur  plain bearings have successfully        plain bearing from the iglidur  product range. Whether
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        test series per year. The collected findings flow into unique   established themselves in various applications all over the   iglidur  product finder or iglidur  service life calculation,
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        online selection tools and the know-how of our global   world. They are not only cost-effective but also maintenance-    piston ring or bar stock configurator: with a few clicks and
        network of iglidur  application consultants.          free, lubrication-free and versatile. They are suitable for large   application-related information a suitable bearing is quickly   Over and above the general properties, each iglidur  
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                                                              or small volume production, in the automotive sector, in
        Predictable.                                          special machine construction, underwater applications or           found.                                               bearing material possesses a series of special properties
                                                                                                                                                                                      and strengths, which make it specially suitable for
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        Plain bearings are wear-resistant parts. And wear-resistant   for the food and packaging industry. More than 200,000                                                          certain applications and requirements. You can find a
        parts wear out. But when? When is the wear limit reached   customers worldwide successfully use iglidur   plain                                                               comprehensive description of the materials in the respective
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        and when does the plain bearing have to be replaced? The   bearings and thereby reduce the costs and increase the                                                             chapters before the dimensions tables.
        iglidur  expert system answers this question. Based on more   service life of their bearing points.
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        than 15,000 wear tests per year, the iglidur  expert system
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                                                                                                                                 Picture 02: Injection-moulded iglidur  plain bearings   Picture 03: Base polymers with fibres and solid
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                                                                                                                                 are homogeneously structured. Base polymer, bonding   lubricants, magnified 200 times, dyed


        Picture 01: igus  test lab: 15,000 tribological tests (friction and wear) in 300 test set-ups in the industry's largest   materials and solid lubricants mutually complement
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        laboratory (3,800m ). View inside bearing laboratory in Cologne                                            ASEAN 09/2023  ASEAN 09/2023
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