High forces are often at work in agriculture with the use of heavy equipment, which need to be very rugged. Therefore, in earlier times, metallic bearings were the first option. These bearings have a very limited service life, especially with pivoting movements, because lubricants may not be evenly distributed and the same points on the bearing are stressed again and again. Here, plastic plain bearings display their advantages, as pivoting movements do not harm them and there is no lubricant to displace.
Another advantage lies in the dry operation of the bearings, since dirt cannot accumulate on them. igus® can bank on over 40 catalog materials for the most varied requirements, such as for heavy-duty applications found in the agricultural sector. Plain bearings from the all-rounder iglide® G300 prove themselves in the cultivator Karat 9, by withstanding a compressive strength of 80 MPa. For higher loads igus® also provides, for example, catalogue materials up to 120 MPa, such as iglide® Q2 or iglide® TX1 up to 250 MPa. In addition to the standard range, more than 100 special solutions are also available, with which more specific applications can be implemented.
