igus operates the world's largest plastics testing laboratory for moving applications in Cologne. Over 12,000 tribological tests are conducted annually by the motion plastics specialist. These include experiments that examine the use of various materials in different environments in real-world tests…

Linear guidance systems from igus ensure precise and quick adjustment of machines in the beverage and food industry. To enable the linear guides to glide without lubrication, integrated, maintenance-free, and wear-resistant bearing films are used in the carriages. Especially for the special hygienic…

The jury's decision has been made. Even in the sixth edition of the vector award, the jury faced the challenging task of selecting the three winners from 187 applications. Participants from around the world were invited to submit innovative and bold energy chain solutions. In 2018, applications from…

To efficiently deploy an industrial robot in large production facilities, these robots move linearly on a seventh axis along extended production lines. Along this path, it is essential to ensure a safe power supply from the control cabinet to the robot. Therefore, igus has now expanded its range of…

For the area of energy management in pure productions, igus has developed the e-skin. It supplies plants with data, media, and energy without generating airborne particles through friction that could contaminate the space and violate strict standards. The improved corrugated hose for cleanroom appli…

igus expands its range with cables that, due to their low stiffness, are ideal for quick, short strokes at particularly tight radii. In addition to the extremely flexible conductor design, the chainflex CFSOFT uses highly abrasion-resistant, very soft jacket materials to enable high flexibility of t…

Simple and precise operation in the smallest space. These are the requirements for spatial portals, which are used, for example, for automation tasks in handling areas or in testing automation. igus has now developed a new compact portal, whose application is ideally suited for such scenarios. It is…

Two times this year, igus can receive the Red Dot Award for innovative product design. The igus CRM, a rotary module for applications in the tightest spaces, and the e-chain TH3, the world's first plastic e-chain designed according to Hygienic Design guidelines, were awarded the coveted prize for de…

One of the 166 innovations that igus is presenting at Hannover Messe 2017 is the drylin SHT spindle linear table made of stainless steel. In addition to the plastics optimized for friction and wear, which can be selected from various materials depending on the application, the linear table is comple…

The latest generation of chainflex data cables with new alloy conductors and a halogen-free TPE outer jacket is ideally suited for the smallest bending radii down to 4xd at cycle counts of over 40 million bends. The new high-performance conductor alloy qualified by igus is the solution for highly dy…