Install connection couplings without tools
Parker Hannifin now offers new quick couplings for its NSA series that enable simple, tool-free installation. The NSA couplings are available in different material variants.
read more...read more...Passive components with active role
If components as indivisible units have neither amplifier nor control functions, they are passive components (resistors, capacitors, coils, connecting elements, electromechanical relays).
read more...Autonomous speedsters in continuous maintenance-free use
With the increasing automation of intralogistics, automated guided vehicles (AGVs), automated storage and retrieval systems and shuttle systems are becoming the decisive "employees". Igus offers high-performance polymers for their maintenance-free continuous use.
read more...New individual components for the automation system
Item has expanded its portfolio to include timing belt and chain deflection units for reliable power transmission. The new components enable the connection of motors and gearboxes without hub machining. Another new product is the KGT spindle unit.
read more...Cleanly rolled up
Cables, wires, fiber optics, wires, superconductors or filaments for 3D printers - everything is wound onto spools. It is important that the spools are designed in such a way that they are stable, precise and gentle on the winding material during the winding process.
read more...Maintenance in the 4.0 age
At Emo 2019, Igus will be demonstrating how machine tool manufacturers and customers can take their maintenance to a new level and reduce costs with smart machine components made from high-performance plastics.
read more...DC voltage for the future
Industry is exploring the potential of a DC power supply. It offers enormous energy-saving potential. Lapp addressed this issue at an early stage and is now offering its first DC cables. An important question that the company would like to answer in research projects: Are AC cables also suitable for DC?
read more...New energy chain replaces service loops
Extreme conditions often prevail on deep drilling rigs in the oil and gas industry. Igus has now developed the e-loop for safe cable routing of the top drive. The new modular energy chain made of high-performance plastics ensures a defined bending radius for the cables and withstands vibrations and shocks.
read more...Safe cable routing
Industrial robots have to work dynamically and quickly in production. Therefore, safe and compact guidance of cables and hoses is required. This is where the three-dimensional Triflex energy chains from Igus come into play.
read more...Optimum air supply
Kautex Maschinenbau develops and manufactures extrusion blow molding machines. Machines from the KBB series are assembled, tested and optimized in the new production hall. The required compressed air is generated by Atlas Copco compressors and flexibly fed to the machines via swivel-mounted booms.
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