Wanted: Green use of plastic plain bearings, as entries open for igus manus award 2025

Published on: 29/11/2024

Entries are now open for the 12th annual manus award.All applications with plain bearings, linear plain bearings and spherical bearings made of solid plastic or plastic compounds are approved. Smart engineers with great ideas for using plastics are invited to apply for the 12th manus award 2025, the igus® award for creative, ambitious and sustainable […]

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New igus microphone reeler gives sound engineers peace of mind

Published on: 21/11/2024

The e-spool microphone reeler enables the automated feeding of microphone cables up to 30m long; no slip ring means perfect sound quality Sound engineers for live events in theatres, opera houses and television studios are often under enormous pressure but the e-spool microphone reeler from igus® completely removes an age-old problem. The new electrically driven […]

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A new way of routing hoses using E4Q e-chains

Published on: 14/11/2024

A new hose holder and special side panels ensure quick and easy installation of corrugated pipes and hoses alongside energy chains. Routing hoses, corrugated pipes and having cables in and beside energy chains safely and efficiently is a challenge in many industrial applications. To help, igus® now offers new accessories for its E4Q chain series: […]

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60 years of igus: The world tour begins

Published on: 07/11/2024

To mark the company’s 60th anniversary, the lubrication-free igus:bike will be travelling through at least 16 countries over the next twelve months, raising awareness on the “circular economy of plastics” Founded on October 15th, 1964, by Günter Blase, igus® has been keeping the world moving with its lubrication-free high-performance plastics ever since. Blase had to […]

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A Professional race car simulator to go

Published on: 28/10/2024

Greaves 3D Engineering builds collapsible simulator with 45 igus components such as maintenance-free drylin linear and drive technology UK company Greaves 3D Engineering has developed a professional racing car simulator called “The Ultimate Drivers Rig”, which can be quickly folded up and stored in a road case. This makes transport to racetracks, trade shows and […]

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