Shaft coatings & sprays made from high-strength iglide® polymers

Shaft coatings made from our high-performance polymer materials provides your components with the low wear and excellent sliding properties of iglide® materials. iglide® coatings are essentially a tribologically-optimized polymer in powder form, which can be applied to metallic surfaces via a process known as "powder-coating". From heavily used valves and pistons, to guide rollers in conveyor technology and slewing rings in furniture technology, iglide® shaft coating is an innovative alternative wherever a classic shaft-bearing combination is not possible.

igus® offers two methods for shaft coating:

1. We coat your component for you

Send us the metallic component that you want coated.

Request a custom coating now!

We then coat your component with coating powder made from our iglide polymer matierals, reducing the coefficient of friction.

We coat your component and send it back.

You receive your component back after the time quoted!

2. Coat your component yourself

Order the coating powder & have it delivered directly from us.

You receive the shaft coating powder directly from us.

Then, apply the coating to your metal shaft or component.

Tested within the igus® test lab

Like all igus® products, our iglide® shaft coating materials are subjected to rigorous tests within our test laboratory to ensures that they provide you with the longest possible service life:

Very good mechanical characteristic values
Excellent wear and sliding properties
Precise detail in exact surfaces
Self-lubricating through incorporated solid lubricants

Test laboratory

Proven with testing

Adjustable office chair armrest with iglide IC-02 coating

Our customer, a manufacturer of office chairs, used to use components made of a POM material for its armrests. Since the friction of the material was too high, he decided on an alternative from igus. In use now are overmolded linear bearings made of the material iglide J4, which were coated with the material IC-02. The manufacturing process has thus taken a step forward: The components are now coated directly with IC-02 and no subsequent drying is required.

Plates for pole mounting with iglide IC-02 coating

Up until now, wear pads made of aluminum and a POM material have been used in this application to prevent the wear of two metal components. Now this customer relies on wear pads coated with iglide IC-02 high-performance polymers. To ensure that the coated pads withstand the extreme environmental conditions, they were tested in practice with sand, water, and high and low temperatures. The result: The ambient conditions do not pose a problem and the metal components do not wear out.

Coated springs for blinds with iglide coating

For this application, springs were encased in an iglide coating material and used to guide window blinds. The manufacturer was faced with the problem that lubricants do not reach the service life of the blinds. So he tested springs with an iglide IC-02 coating. Although the springs touched the aluminum housing in the test, the coated spring survived the housing. In addition, no noise could be heard from the springs in the test. Due to the coating, the use of grease can now be completely eliminated.

Which iglide coating materials are available?

iglide IC-01

Application temperature -40°C to 90°C
For indoor applications
Eliminates the need for additional lubrication due to incorporated solid lubricants
Increases the service life of the application

iglide IC-02

Application temperature -40°C to 90°C
For indoor applications
Eliminates the need for additional lubrication due to incorporated solid lubricants
Increases the service life of the application

iglide IC-03

Very good mechanical characteristics
Detailed with exact surfaces
Eliminates the need for additional lubrication due to incorporated solid lubricants

Typical areas of application: automotive engineering, mechanical engineering, materials handling

iglide IC-04

Highly wear resistant
Resistant to chemicals
Very temperature resistant (-100°C to 300°C)
Eliminates the need for additional lubrication due to incorporated solid lubricants

Typical areas of application: valves, pumps, switches, guides

iglide IC-05 for food processing

FDA and EU10/2011 compliant

Lasts up to 4 times longer than IC-01 in linear short stroke
Food compliant according to FDA and EU10/2011
Eliminates the need for additional lubrication due to incorporated solid lubricants
Increases the lifetime of your application

iglide IC-06

Application temperature -40°C to 140°C
Very good mechanical characteristics
Detailed with exact surfaces
Eliminates the need for additional lubrication due to incorporated solid lubricants
Increases the lifetime of your application

Typical areas of application: automotive engineering, mechanical engineering, materials handling

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