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We show you how robust iglide® bearings help to reduce weight, installation space and costs.
At the same time, the service life can be increased by a factor of 10 in comparison to metal bearings with a PTFE coating (e.g. cylinder eyebolts in shock absorbers).
You will perhaps be surprised to find out everything that is possible with high-performance polymers in two-wheel vehicles today.
iglide® bearings
Lower weight, less installation space and reduced costs
Dry running, no external lubrication/maintenance necessary
Minimized degree of noise and vibration
Reduced friction and longer service life
Our goal for your application is always: "durable bearings - low-cost":
Do you want to replace metal sliding and roller bearings and thus benefit from better quality and the potential for improved ratios?
We are there to help you in every stage of your product development process with our experience and know-how - free of charge and without any obligation.
The continuous runner at high temperatures
Low water absorption
High load capacity
Low-cost
Low wear rates
The fast-and-slow-motion specialist
Low wear with numerous shaft materials
Low coefficients of friction while running dry
Vibration-damping
Good chemical resistance
Best performance with soft shafts
Lowest humidity absorption
Economical high-temperature bearing up to 392°F
Usable underwater
Low-cost
Chemical resistant
For high temperatures
Versatile & rugged
Lowest humidity absorption
Extremely wear-resistant, especially at pivoting loads up to 2,901 psi
Versatile: good with many different shaft materials
Good with edge loads
The general purpose
Maintenance-free, dry operation
High wear-resistance
Insensitive to dirt and dust
Low-cost
Cost-effective and maintenance-free
Low water absorption
High load capacity
Low-cost
Low wear rates
Easy to assemble
Low-cost
More wear-resistant than PTFE-bonds
Higher load capacity
Defined dimensions
Different materials, e.g. iglide® J, J350…
The fast-and-slow-motion specialist
Low wear with numerous shaft materials
Low coefficients of friction while running dry
Vibration-damping
Good chemical resistance
Best performance with soft shafts
Lowest humidity absorption
Maintenance-free, dry operation
High stiffening
Very high fatigue strength in varying loads
Fits directly and space-saving
Compensation of edge loads
Insensitive to dirt, dust and lint balls
Corrosion- and chemical-resistant
The continuous runner at high temperatures
Low water absorption
Low-cost
Low wear rates
Linear guide for almost unlimited leeway in design
High stiffening
Simple installation, maintenance-free
Insensitivity to dirt through dry operation.
Square rail with floating bearing function for installation in a corner
Manually adjustable bearing clearance (optional)
Dimensional series K in metric dimensions
Fits directly and space-saving
Compensation of edge loads
Corrosion resistance
High dampening qualities
Excellent vibration dampening
Suitable for rotary, oscillating and axial movements
The fast-and-slow-motion specialist
Low wear with numerous shaft materials
Low coeffi cients of friction while running dry
Vibration-damping
Good chemical resistance
Best performance with soft shafts
Lowest humidity absorption
Maintenance-free, dry operation
High stiffening
Very high fatigue strength in varying loads
Fits directly and space-saving
Compensation of edge loads
Insensitive to dirt, dust and lint balls
Corrosion- and chemical-resistant
Linear guide for almost unlimited leeway in design
Simple installation, maintenance-free
Insensitivity to dirt through dry operation.
Low weight and low-noise operation
Square rail with floating bearing function for installation in a corner
Manually adjustable bearing clearance (optional)
Maintenance-free, dry operation
High stiffening
Very high fatigue strength in varying loads
Fits directly and space-saving
Insensitive to dirt, dust and lint balls
Corrosion- and chemical-resistant
High dampening qualities
iglide® - the benefits at a glance. Our new dry-tech sample box allows you to quickly find the matching bearing for your application.
iglide® 17 Standard Bearing Materials
Applications involving high cycle counts, speeds and accelerations or demanding environmental conditions require proven systems providing durable and reliable operation, especially when it comes to energy chains, cables as well as polymer slide bearings and linear systems. igus® conducts tests continuously in the in-house laboratory under real conditions. Every year, we conduct more than 2000 tests on e-chains® and cables, and over 5000 tests on slide bearings . The focus of our tests are tensile strengths and shear forces. Coefficients of friction, wear, driving forces and abrasion under extremely different conditions and speeds. Influence coefficients such as dirt, weathering, low temperature, or impacts and shocks are tested
