Construction/Heavy Duty
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20:53Watch VideoDesigning a Pivot For Outdoor Heavy Duty Environments & Agriculture Webinar
To learn more about our solutions for agricultural machinery, visit our webpage: https://www.igus.com/info/industries-agriculture Access the “Designing a true maintenance-free pivot” tech talk here: h
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Read ArticleHow Do Plastic Linear Plain Bearings Work Without Lubrication?
In this post, Matt Mowry goes deeper into the construction of plastic linear plain bearings to demonstrate how they work without the need for any lubrication.
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Read ArticleShaft considerations for bearing applications part 3: corrosion resistance
In part three of the shafting considerations blog posts, Agriculture and Heavy Duty Industry Manager, Nick Van Tol covers the topic of corrosion resistance. How to spot it and avoid it!
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Read ArticleSealed Bearings: What are the options?
Sometimes the best solution is an antiquated one! This post reviews how a felt ring protects the bearing and shaft and helps avoid hundreds of hours of maintenance.
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Read ArticleShaft considerations for bearing applications part 1: hardness
Agriculture, construction, and heavy duty all deal with harsh, dirty, and corrosive environments. Your bearings have to hold up! Shaft hardness plays a major role avoiding maintenance.
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Read ArticleHow to Manage Lateral Movement on Long-Travel Energy Chains
This blog post covers how to handle lateral deviations in long travel e-chain applications. It introduces the Floating Tow Arm and describes how it can be implemented to avoid damage & maintenance.
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0:23Watch VideoHeavy Duty Linear Bearings Test
Did we need to set our linear slides on fire and run them over with a truck? No, but we did.
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Designing a true maintenance-free pivot
We compared true maintenance-free designs with alternative designs. Discover what goes into creating a truly maintenance-free pivot.
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1:41Watch VideoDirt and dust resistant bearings and bushings for agriculture and heavy duty
Self-lubricating iglide® bearings and bushings are perfectly suited for dirty and dusty environments and can be direct substitutes for metal bearings. This video shows some of the many dirty environme
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2:12Watch VideoHeavy Duty Stainless Steel Linear Guide | drylin® HTS
See how drylin HTS stands up against fire and being run over by a truck!
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Designing gliding cable carrier systems for large machinery
Compared to cable reels, bus bars or festoon systems, plastic cable carrier systems are an extremely low maintenance, resilient solution which can reduce required installation space and reduce the len
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Read DocumentConstruction Machinery Industry Solutions
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Tips and Tricks for Designing with Cable Carriers
Cable carriers are an ideal way to protect cables, hoses, and all other lines throughout movement on modern machinery, while protecting them from abrasion, tangling, and over bending. In this eBook, e
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0:45Watch Videoiglide® plastic bearings on a front loader test rig
Agricultural and heavy duty equipment is subject to harsh environments having to operate in dusty, dirty and all weather conditions. Metallic plain bearings and recirculating ball bearings can often b
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0:50Watch VideoDryLin® Q torque resistant square linear guide
Linear torque resistant, completely lubrication-free. The DryLin® Q linear construction kit offers users maximum design flexibility. Individual housing options such as solid plastic bearings and adjus
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