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Linear plain bearings are becoming commonplace in today’s manufacturing industry. As technologies and material sciences have advanced, so have the capabilities of linear plain bearings, particularly those made of plastic, such as the drylin® series of self-lubricating linear bearings from igus®.
This whitepaper will compare how they outperform a competitive linear plain bearing technology, which uses a PTFE-based, bonded liner, in both wear and friction testing.
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Although not often the most expensive component in a bearing assembly the proper selection of the radial shaft seal can be crucial to ensuring bearing longevity and reducing system maintenance costs of gear boxes, pumps, motors and other power transmission devices. The shaft seal’s two primary functions are retaining lubricant and eliminating contaminants. The process of selecting the proper seal begins by understanding and assessing the demands of the operating environment of the particular application.
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Smaller batches and different types of product in the same plant – these are the market demands to which more and more manufacturers in the process industries need to adjust. The answer is plants based on the “Lego principle”. Users can add modules or switch them off in line with requirements. But this is only possible with modular automation.
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In a gear mechanism, the center distance between shafts and the tooth thickness of the gear define correct mesh and reliable performance of a miniature gear train. To achieve an accurate gear mesh in a mechanism, it is necessary to account for any dimensional changes that may occur after surface finishing, case hardening or heat treatment.
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