Smart plastics linear guide for wear monitoring of liners

When should I change my bearing? This question is posed by operators of systems that use linear robots and linear systems around the clock. From the packaging machine and the glass processing industry up to machine tools. Linear guides must withstand extreme loads. In order to detect early wear of the sliding lubrication-free bearings made of high-performance plastics and to plan the maintenance in advance, igus has now developed a new smart system for its drylin linear systems.

Detecting the wear of liners in linear systems at an early stage was the goal of the engineers at igus, who have now developed a new, intelligent linear guide. A sensor in the bearing liners measures the individually determinable wear limit and sounds an alarm when it is reached. This allows maintenance to be planned in advance and avoid unexpected system failure.

Patented technology for wear monitoring
A new intelligent and patented technology ensures the measurement of the wear of a bearing in all directions. To do this, igus integrates a sensor in the bearing, which sends the measured data to the icom.The user can take over the monitoring with the terminal device of his choice and therefore always carry out maintenance, repair and replacement.

Fast replacement directly on the rail

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