Cut weight with the igus dry-tech diet!

Cut weight with the igus dry-tech diet!

Southern Manufacturing 2015 exhibitor igus has launched a new video that demonstrates the potential weight savings design engineers can achieve by simply switching to igus drylin linear bearings. The firm claims that by replacing a typical steel shaft and steel linear bearing with an igus RJMP bearing and hollow aluminium shaft, the weight reduction of the system can be as much as 85 per cent.

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igus drylin linear bearings also offer a range of other advantages for engineers; for example, the bearings are self-lubricating thus allowing the removal of external lubricants in the system, which can attract contaminants and cause increased friction on the shaft. Additionally, as the drylin RJMP bearings are made of a corrosion-resistant tribopolymer that has a temperature range of -20 to +60°C, they are suitable for a range of different demanding environments and applications.

To watch the igus  dry-tech diet video, please visit: www.igus.co.uk/drytechdiet. To watch other videos on the igus online training centre platform, please visit: www.igus.co.uk/training

Meet igus at Southern Manufacturing 2015 on stand N75. For regular updates, follow igus on www.twitter.com/igusUK, watch videos at www.igus.co.uk/youtube, connect at www.igus.co.uk/facebook or visit the firm’s blog on blog.igus.co.uk.