igus - 5 cost-saving ideas

5 cost-saving ideas to help you improve your machine's performance while reducing cost

Leading suppliers should be prepared to put their money where their mouth is and give you free samples for your prototype machine.

Request a free cable carrier or continuous-flex cable sample

Request a plain bearing, spherical bearing or linear guide sample

2. Take advantage of your supplier's technical expertise and field experience by asking them on-site!

Any worthwhile supplier should offer free on-site consultations by factory-trained experts as standard.

These are the people with the experience to correctly specify the right component for your machine.

Request an on-site visit from an igus® engineer

3. Use suppliers who offer free online tools

Aside from having a technical specialists to support you for the lifetime of your machine, suppliers should provide added support in the way of freely available online tools.

You should be able to access these without having to give away your contact information.

Here at igus®, we have lifetime calculators for our plain bearings', spherical bearings' and linear guides' ranges. We also have a configuration program for our cable carriers and continuous-flex cables. This is in addition to various other product selection tools.

4. No minimum order

Why purchase more than you actually need?

With igus®, there is NO minimum order.

Request a quote from us

5. Don't settle for next-day delivery surcharges

Your suppliers should sell you what you want, when you want it.

igus® doesn't charge you for an in-stock item if you need to expedite your order.

Tell us what you need and when you need it

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