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For years the igus® motto has been "plastics for longer life®". By this we mean the production of innovative plastic products which reduce maintenance work, achieve technical improvements, at the same time as reducing costs and increasing service life, everything delivered immediately from stock.
6 out of 550 practical examples

Riku Ylipelkonen, Quality Boats
In contrast to metal and bronze bearings, the igus® bearings do not corrode due to their high-performance polymer structure and are for this reason the ideal choice for underwater application.

Gerhard Gräbel, FAUN Viatec GmbH
If metallic bearings, for instance, are not lubricated regularly, they wear out very quickly. This limits not only daily working time, but comes with a cost. And lubricants also pollute the environment.

Jürgen Steinmer, Krones AG
The results were not satisfactory. Either the rollers wore even more quickly, or the rotating axis did. It was only when we decided to work with igus® that we gradually arrived at a solution to the problem.

Dennis Paulson, Straitline Components
Riders of mountain bikes often expect their wheels to cope with a lot of dirt. In this application, metallic ball bearings and DU bushings have been replaced by lighter iglide® flange bearings.

Roland Michel, Gitec GmbH
The iglide® J3 bearings are subjected to large amounts of stress as the shafts oscillate and the machines run continuously in 24/7 mode. Moreover, they have to cope without any external lubrication ...

Jürgen Riedel, FELLA-Werke GmbH
Supporting the prongs is one of the tasks of the complex control system and is the machine's most important function. If any damage occurs here, the rotary rake stops working. And that must not happen during harvest time under any circumstances.