More than 1,300 new plain bearing standard dimensions enable dry operation and cost reduction in all industrial sectors.
Designers from various industries – automotive, food and packaging, to manufacturers of chemical plants and pumps – will be able to find igus dry running plain bearings for their application now even faster. With the increase from five to 16 full product range materials, and 1,321 new standard dimensions, the plastics specialist now covers all demands on plain bearings that can be delivered from stock.
With this investment, igus is responding to the advances made in its own development of new plain bearing materials. Due to the rapid market readiness, bearings made of the most suitable material were so far not always available from the appropriate dimension. This gap has now been closed by igus. All materials ideally suited for an application from a tribological standpoint can now be supplied from stock.
The existing product ranges have been extended by 11 materials, so that for each material more than 110 dimensions up to 50mm diameter will be available from stock. The DIN-listed dimensions are available in 16 tribo-materials. The user is therefore in a position, to order the ideal plain bearing for each individual application.
Immediate availability
In injection moulding, different moulds are required for the different materials even with identical dimensions. This new service, means the production of an injection mould for every dimension of this range.
Gerhard Baus, authorised officer for plain bearings at igus, commented: “With this investment, we want our customers to get their required plastic plain bearings in any quality and at the best price. Our goal is to be able to offer the most suitable iglidur plain bearing for every application immediately from stock.”
In order to accurately determine the correct bearing for each application, igus offers a calculation tool on its website, after entering the parameters and dimensions, the system displays the appropriate products with their prices. The service life is calculated and the results are provided for every material.
Result of continuous research and development
Among the 16 different full product range materials available now, there are, those such as the, high-tech polymer iglidur Q2 for heavy loads, or iglidur Z for extremely high temperatures. Three new FDA-suitable materials alone have been added, which are designed for the packaging industry.
All 16 materials are now offered in the standard dimensions DIN ISO 3547-1 up to 50mm diameter. For DIN dimensions larger than 50mm, the same strategy is followed; the moulds of these larger dimensions are produced when there is a specific requirement from the user. Other materials – especially the previous standards iglidur G, J, W300, X and M250 – are now also available from sotck in diameters up to 150mm.
