Lubrication-free DryLinR R linear plain bearings replace bearing guide

Lubrication-free DryLin® R linear plain bearings replace bearing guides. A wide range is currently available ex-stock

DryLin® R linear plain bearings from igus® UK are free from lubrication, robust and corrosion-resistant. The linear bearings with highly wear-resistant polymers are replacing metallic bushings in many cases. Maintenance intervals are shortened, service life increased.

In a seat cover testing machine in the Lear Corporation, the American automotive components supplier. The DryLin® R flange bearings have been in use without any failures for more than one and a half years. The load exerted on them is high in both Y and Z direction, and normally runs at a short stroke, (10 to 40 mm). In contrast, the linear guidance systems used previously had to be replaced after only three months use.

An even more drastic example can be found at the Poppe Gummiwarenfabrik rubber factory in Giessen. Here, ball bearings used in a cutting unit for rubber hoses failed after only six months, mainly due to heavy talcum soiling. In the meantime, self-adjusting DryLin® R linear plain bearings have been doing the job without any problems whatsoever for the past five years now.
Another prime example is The Austrian Montan University in Leoben, Steiermark. Here, the decision was taken to use linear plain bearings in a stone cutting machine used to saw enormous stone blocks after bearing guides had previously failed.