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Igus: Additive manufacturing and Industry 4.0
3D-printed wear parts from Igus often offer a comparable service life to original parts. Manufactured using filament printing, intelligent components now also warn of overload and report their need for maintenance.
read more...Getting to know automation despite social distancing and hygiene rules? To this end, Igus is now sending out a low-cost automation roadshow and visiting users with Robolink articulated arm, delta and gantry robots.
read more...For sensor production, IEF-Werner has developed an 18-axis positioning system for a customer that feeds various components. The basis is a direct drive to move several slides on one axis to save space.
read more...Universal Robots and Robolink robots have a 5-fold larger operating radius thanks to a new complete solution from Igus.
read more...By increasing the voltage to 300 volts, users can now lay Chainflex bus cables directly next to cables with a higher voltage level. Previously, all cables with different voltage classes had to be laid separately.
read more...Every two years, Igus honors innovative energy chain applications with the vector award. First place this year went to the multi-spindle lathe from Gildemeister Italiana. A green vector award was also presented for the first time.
read more...If a cable is moved thousands of times over the years, it will eventually reach the end of its service life and need to be replaced. Until now, finding the right time has been a lottery.
read more...Energy chain system. Igus has developed the Autoglide 5 to safely guide energy over long distances. The new energy chain system is specially designed for horizontal use in intralogistics and on crane systems.
read more...After two percent sales growth last year, Igus is currently seeing mixed signals from the market. While sales declined in the first four months due to the coronavirus situation, incoming orders have remained almost stable so far.
read more...With Profinet, high data volumes can be transmitted quickly and securely thanks to possible real-time communication. Igus has joined the Profibus user organization in order to further advance research into Profinet technology in moving applications.
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