Labour shortages and carbon emissions of petrol mowers means robotic lawn mowers are on the rise. Kingdom Technologies turned to igus to help keep its pay-per-use robotic mower maintenance-free. The greenskeeper surveys drone footage of the golf club. It’s a long fairway and the entire course needs cutting – this one alone could take all […]
Building a robot from design to manufacture doesn’t have to be difficult. In fact, it can be done in 4 easy steps as you can see in this weeks “Video of the week”. With the RBTX platform, there is support and expert advice through the entire process and in 4 simple steps, you will have […]
Long lead times caused by Covid-19, the well-publicised semiconductor shortage and the war in Ukraine are still causing huge problems, especially for companies involved in manufacturing machines and vehicles, forcing new buying patterns. Buyers of common cables, who would typically assemble their own cable sub-assemblies, are now ordering igus e-chains and ready-to-connect cables due to […]
The igus® ReBel robot arm could not be easier to use, designed specifically for it to be suitable for anyone to programme, the user friendly igus robot control makes it, easy to operate and have the robot running in minutes. In this week’s “video of the week”, we show you how quick and easy it […]
Extendible and easy to install: drylin EGW offers new design freedom on long travel distances. The drylin Endless Gear linear module (EGW) is a modular, lubricant-free linear guide with rack and pinion drive, which can be extended to any length due to the modular plug-in design, at low cost and very light weight. Separate carriages […]
Using an igus® low friction tribofilament and combining it with one of our high strength 3D printing materials, we are now able to offer exceptional wear resistance alongside other mechanical and functional properties. In what is known as two-component printing, similar filaments can be securely bonded together, connecting the two “phases”. This enables two very […]
igus monitoring module with status display measures the distance to the damaged or defective part of the cable Maintaining and monitoring heavily used and hard-to-reach bus cables is a constant challenge. i.Sense CF.D – the monitoring module from igus – has a unique function; it automatically detects the position of stressed areas in a cable […]
Catalogues are fast becoming more and more digital and with the introduction to the new chainflex® catalogue, this Is no exception. We now have the catalogues as digital versions however still offer them as a printed version on request for those customers who still prefer the physical version. In this week’s “video of the week”, […]
Together with manufacturers and integrators, igus continues to help more SMEs automate by expanding its range and service for cost-effective automation Motion plastics specialist igus is committed to lowering the barriers to entry into automation applications to enable small and medium-sized companies in particular to increase their competitiveness. It has built up a broad network […]
With cables in high demand, it is hardly surprising that at igus®, we have seen a high rise in data cable requirements. Our chainflex® data cables offer superb EMC resistance when used in moving applications, thanks to the special shielding structure. This prevents fracturing, stress and ultimately failures and downtime within your machines. And we […]