engineering
Module Connect helps machine builder Zemat to produce customised “plug & play” modules for their Boxmat HD cardboard packaging machine, allowing the quick and smooth coupling of table modules for different sized boxes. In the super-competitive machine building industry, companies are looking for a manufacturing advantage so machines can be assembled more quickly and easily. […]
igus® attended an event hosted by Arden Academy in Solihull alongside big industry names such as Siemens, KUKA and Marvelous Manufacturing as well as local career experts, providing advice to students on their next steps. The event was facilitated by Tom Flude, Co-founder of Engineers Insight and the day began with his delivery of an […]
“Unleash your engineering power with play” – the latest motion plastics technology, lubrication-free app, low-cost automation online, and sustainable. A low-cost robot operated via a VR headset. Spare parts identified and ordered in seconds using AI on a smartphone. A mobile app that immediately identifies potential applications for lubrication-free parts on an excavator. igus launches […]
A super-realistic racing simulator has been developed by Greaves 3D Engineering that features 45 igus bearings, linear rails, drives and e-chains. The University of Northampton is using the simulator for deployment on its esports BSc degree course. The driver grips the contoured steering wheel lightly and adjusts the seat position forward, angled back. The pedal […]
Harmonised lead screws and lubrication-free lead screw nuts in trapezoidal threads extend service life by 30%. Motion plastics specialist igus has refined the classic trapezoidal thread, achieving a 30% service life extension – a huge increase for a well-established mechanical part. Thanks to a special geometric interaction between the lead screw nut, which requires no […]
igus VAVE-oriented plastic bearings bring high-performance, low-cost parts solutions to the automotive industry at a very challenging time – proving the igus mantra of Tech up, Cost down. The automotive industry is in constant a state of change, with high product introduction turnover and now the shift to electrification. Costs are rising fast – materials, […]
4th June, 2020 The new modular Apiro motion system from igus, enables design engineers to develop low-cost automation systems with endless possibilities. Consisting three lubrication-free worm gears for standard, inverted and linear movements, which can be connected in series or parallel and configured to perform simple linear motion to complex robotic tasks. The worm gears […]