Low-Friction Coating Powder for Bearings

iglide® coating is a tribologically optimized polymer in powder form, which can be applied to metallic surfaces by powder coating. Like all iglide® materials, iglide® coating powders are tribologically optimized and thus offer excellent friction and wear values. This allows you to protect even heavily used surfaces from wear and tear - without using any additional components.

Our iglide coating materials consist of base polymers, fibers, fillers and solid lubricants. The composition of these components is individual with each of the coating materials, so they can be optimized for their specific application area.   

The various iglide® coatings have been optimized for the most diverse applications. They differ mainly in their temperature resistance, their sliding or wear properties and their color. The exact material data can be found in our material data sheets.  
 
We subject our iglidur® plain bearing and coating materials to more than 10,000 different application-oriented tests annually to analyze the wear behavior in the most diverse application scenarios. This enables us to select the optimum and most cost-effective material for your application and to provide you with the comprehensive assistance necessary for your project.

Yes, you can also coat your components yourself with our iglide® materials. In our online shop you can find different coating materials, which are available in the pack sizes 1kg, 2kg and 10kg. You are welcome to contact our experts if you have questions regarding the choice of material or coating.

Our overhead conveyors allow component sizes up to 8 x 2.3 x 1.9m. Small components are coated in accordingly efficient small systems. We will be happy to assist you and offer you the most cost-effective machining method. 

Yes, we will carefully mask off the areas that need not be coated according to your specifications. For larger quantities, we manufacture appropriate devices that reduce process costs to a minimum.  

The iglide® coating sliding layer can be applied with a thickness of approx. 60-120 µm. Different coating thicknesses may also be possible depending on the material and surface quality of the parts to be coated.  

Subsequent processing of the coating is possible. 

The surface should be cleaned and kept free of dust, dirt or liquids.

The 'cross cut' according to DIN EN ISO 2409 shall enable an estimation of the adhesive strength (adhesion) of coatings (for example a painted surface). The test method is thereby not used to measure the adhesive strength. For this purpose, the trigger test according to DIN EN ISO 4624 shall be applied.

The rating is based on indicators from 0 to 5, with 0 representing the best rating "very good". All iglide® coating materials (IC01, IC03, IC06) fulfil the criterion 0. 

iglide® IC-05 material complies with the food-specific regulations of the FDA and of EU10/2011 and can therefore be used, e.g. in the food industry, in beverage filling and the packaging industry.