Igus, a motion plastic solution provider can offer solutions to heavy-duty applications without need of greasing with their new range of maintenance-free, lubrication-free, tribo-polymer plain bearings

<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="/ueditor/php/upload/image/20220719/1658217798473005.jpg" title="1658217798473005.jpg" alt="2.jpg"/></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">These bearings offer a high wear resistance at high loads. Harsh environments pose very challenging technical requirements for plain bearings used in heavy-duty applications like construction machines,<a href="https://www.fk-bearing.com/products/Agricultural-Bearings/650.html" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 112, 192); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(0, 112, 192);"><strong>agricultural equipment</strong></span></a>, hydraulic cylinders, mounting brackets, etc.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br/></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">In such applications, metallic bearings are usually heavily greased. In case of insufficient or missing lubrication, adverse weather conditions corrode bearings and cause premature failure.&nbsp;In a press note, the company said that polymer plain bearings are an alternative to metal bearings that are generally lubricated.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br/></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Igus offers a variety of heavy-duty polymer bearings, including:</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Injection moulded polymer plain bearings from materials like Iglidur Q, Iglidur Q2, Iglidur Q2E, Iglidur Z, Iglidur G etc. These materials can offer long service life at high loads with extreme conditions. For example, a material like Iglidur Q2 offers a high wear resistance with a maximum permissible compressive strength of upto 130 Mpa.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br/></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Fibre wound polymer plain bearings from materials like Iglidur TX1 and Iglidur TX2. These bearings are made of high-strength filament fabric. The extremely strong filaments in its specially interwoven design ensures maximum wear resistance and enables a maximum permissible compressive strength of upto 400 MPa.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br/></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Iglidur plain bearings, including the materials mentioned above, are self-lubricating and operate in a dry environment. As a result, dirt does not adhere to the bearing points. This reduces maintenance and repair costs, as well as machine failures due to insufficient lubrication.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br/></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">According to the company, iglidur bearings save customers not only on lubrication oil (or grease) and maintenance time but also reduce environmental pollution.&nbsp;An excavator of 16 tonnes needs 50 to 60 liters of lubricant per year, which ultimately ends up polluting the soil.</span></p><p><br/></p>