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Linear

Who likes to have greasy fingers?

Kevin Huang | June 9, 2022

The discrepancy between urgently needed grease and oil and a hygienic, clean environment can be solved with linear plain bearings made of high-performance plastics. Solid lubricants, which are already embedded in the plastic during processing, eliminate the need for additional external lubrication. According to some manufacturers (incl. igus®), this external lubrication is expressly not desired.

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Who wears shoes made of lead?

Kevin Huang | June 9, 2022

It is important to reduce weight in machine and equipment design and in automation. Every excess gram increases energy requirements or slows movement. The law of inert mass applies.

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Stainless steel linear modules in drive technology

Kevin Huang | March 10, 2022

eel and V2A/V4A stainless steel. X46/X90 is a hardened stainless steel material, while V2A/V4A is not hardened.

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What happens when a linear bearing has reached the end of its service life?

Kevin Huang | June 10, 2021

Most linear bearings, whether with metallic balls, rolling elements, coating or bonded elements, cannot be reused because of their design. For the user this usually means ordering new linear housings. This results in costs for re-procurement and delivery times. Proper disposal is also an additional challenge. Many bearings must be disposed of in hazardous waste due to the lubricants used.Not so with igus…

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易格斯丝杠的制造工艺

Production of a lead screw

Kevin Huang | March 26, 2021

How does the production of lead screws actually work? What are the processes available and what is the difference between the thread rolling and thread whirling manufacturing processes?
To find out, we should first compare the two manufacturing methods of thread rolling and thread whirling…

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Low-cost plate handling laboratory

Scott Xiong | March 23, 2021

Why use automation in the laboratory?Many small laboratories want to optimise their processes and increase their throughput rates but recoil at the frequently high costs and time-consuming integration work, when only simple combinations of devices or magazines are required…

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自锁技术

Self-locking – what is it?

Kevin Huang | February 8, 2021

If you go into the problem of threads, you often encounter the word “self-locking”. But what does “self-locking” mean exactly in conjunction with lead screw technology? And what are the differences between high helix threads and trapezoidal threads? We have explained it briefly and simply…

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易格斯直线技术快速发货

FDA-compliant linear technology for medical products comes from Cologne

Kevin Huang | January 29, 2021

When the corona pandemic (COVID-19) broke out, many companies volunteered to manufacture medical products such as masks, gowns, ventilators and face shields. In addition to the FDA-compliant materials used for the actual masks, gowns, ventilators and face shields, the tools and machinery used to manufacture these products must also meet FDA compliance standards…

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小空间安装的直线导向系统

Linear guides for limited installation space

Ahren Xia | December 29, 2020

igus has many different linear guides in its product range. For example, drylin W offers a large modular system. drylin N is the first choice for extremely low-profile installation heights. drylin T is identical in construction to the usual recirculating ball bearing guides. A representative of the shaft guides is drylin R. Since some machine […]

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食品机械

Severe contamination by salt or sugar … what must be observed?

Ahren Xia | December 23, 2020

Wherever food or beverages are processed, filled or packed, contamination can occur. If it is salt or sugar, it is important to take a close look at the abrasive (rubbing/grinding) wear. In this way it can be determined what influence this has on the plain bearing or linear guide…

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