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Industrial automation with motion plastics
Automation is only as strong as its components: for less downtime and greater efficiency.
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For efficient industrial automation, our modular motion system combines all relevant motion components in a perfectly coordinated complete system. The tried-and-tested components minimize interface risks, shorten development times and ensure reliable operation. Thanks to technology that requires neither lubrication nor maintenance, you increase system availability and reduce maintenance costs in the long term.
White Paper: Designing maintenance out of material handling
Material handling runs closer to capacity every year, and every grease fitting on a conveyor, shuttle, or palletizer is a service point competing for technician time. This paper examines the four hidden costs of lubricated metal parts — lubrication labor, corrosion, contamination, and unplanned downtime — and shows how self-lubricating polymer bearings, dry-running linear guides, cable carriers, and continuous-flex cables remove them from the maintenance schedule.
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FAQ's
Rising personnel costs, a shortage of skilled workers and increasing demands for speed and delivery capability are making automation a decisive competitive factor. Companies that automate their processes at an early stage increase productivity, quality and future security.
Recurring tasks such as material transport, storage and retrieval, conveyor technology, order picking, palletising as well as shuttle and AGV applications are especially suitable for automation. Repetitive processes in particular offer great potential for rapid success.
Get started with a clearly defined pilot project. A straightforward application with measurable goals allows for quick results. Proven standard components and modular systems reduce effort and risk and form the basis for later scaling.
Standardised components, pre-fitted systems and digital planning tools shorten time spent on engineering, installation and commissioning. At the same time, integration effort, sources of error and project costs are reduced.
Low-maintenance components, lubrication-free bearings and intelligent sensors increase system availability. Predictive maintenance detects wear at an early stage and prevents unplanned failures and costly production interruptions.
First, analyse your recurring processes and identify the biggest bottleneck. Start with a pilot project, use standardised, low-maintenance components and develop a scalable solution for further applications from this basis.
Industrial automation has long since ceased to be relevant for large companies only. Thanks to scalable technologies, SMEs can also increase their efficiency, reduce costs and strengthen their competitiveness in the long term.
Industrial automation uses various technologies such as industrial robots, autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), sensors, programmable logic controllers (PLCs), artificial intelligence (AI) and IoT solutions. They allow for automatic control, monitoring and optimisation of production and logistics processes, increase efficiency and reduce manual intervention.
As an automation partner, igus offers a wide range of cost-effective automation solutions - from robots and cobots to AMRs and energy chains and smart components for modern industry.
Real-world examples show that durable and low-maintenance components increase system availability and reduce engineering effort. Whether storage and retrieval units, shuttle systems or automated guided vehicles - standardised solutions permit reliable 24/7 operation.