{"id":15284,"date":"2020-01-17T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-17T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/?p=15284"},"modified":"2020-01-16T13:12:13","modified_gmt":"2020-01-16T13:12:13","slug":"lubrication-free-spherical-polymer-components-replace-metal-bearings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/lubrication-free-spherical-polymer-components-replace-metal-bearings\/","title":{"rendered":"Lubrication-free spherical polymer components replace metal bearings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Heavy dirt accumulation, dust and swarf are commonplace for pillow blocks and fixed flange bearings.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Constant lubrication and maintenance are therefore necessary &#8211; this does not always have to be the case. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.igus.co.uk\/info\/n19-igubal-overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"igus (opens in a new tab)\">igus<\/a><\/strong> has developed lubrication-free alternatives using spherical components made of the high-performance plastic iglidur J, which can be fitted in a fabricated housing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The use of polymers prevents dirt and dust from settling in pillow blocks and fixed flange bearings.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The igubal spherical inserts are also suitable in agriculture and farming, in the food industry or in plant and general engineering applications. 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They are also available as an assembled bearing from stock mounted in a sheet metal housing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> The iglidur J material has a low coefficient of friction in dry operation &#8211; service life can be easily calculated online.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As it absorbs only a little moisture, these plastic balls are suitable for outdoors applications.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Due to the material\u2019s chemical resistance, igubal components are also suitable for use in chemically demanding applications, such as agricultural equipment or even in glass processing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All are available in three sizes for low-cost sheet metal housings (\u00d8 20mm, 25mm and 30 mm) as well as for cast housings (UC204-210).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heavy dirt accumulation, dust and swarf are commonplace for pillow blocks and fixed flange bearings.&nbsp; Constant lubrication and maintenance are therefore necessary &#8211; this does not always have to be the case. igus has developed lubrication-free alternatives using spherical components made of the high-performance plastic iglidur J, which can be fitted in a fabricated housing. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15286,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[105,1],"tags":[559,2573,227,7707,7706],"class_list":["post-15284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-design","category-process","tag-bearings","tag-iglidur-j","tag-igus","tag-metal-bearings","tag-polymer-components"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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