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Bearings and guideways - rotary and linear
News Release from: Igus UK | Subject: DryLin W family of linear guides
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 27 October 2004
Modified geometry reduces friction
Igus has developed its DryLin W family of linear guides to allow many different combinations to be used with carriage lengths of 100, 150 and 200 mm.
Igus has further developed its DryLin W family of linear guides The modular system consisting of anodised aluminium, die-cast zinc housings and plastic plain bearings on the market since 2003 enable the best possible use of space
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 21 Jul 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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Guide rail widths of between 40 and 80 mm allow many different combinations to be used with carriage lengths of 100, 150 and 200 mm.
New sizes and variants As well as the new size 20 system designed for high loads, igus has introduced a completely new carriage design, fitted onto anodised aluminium double rails or a single, flexible rail.
New DryLin WQ can better compensate for differences of height in the mounting faces.
The square-shaped design unlike a round shaft ensures that the loads are evenly distributed for better results.
Due to the flat supporting surface, the friction value of the guide is reduced by 15% compared to the well-established DryLin W guide.
In addition, the friction value (-20 %) and wear (-34 %) are optimised by the use of a new plain bearing material (iglidur J200).
Robust square-shaped design The overwhelming robustness of the new square-shaped solution is clear.
Large supporting surfaces distribute the load evenly and can therefore be used in applications that have a high surface pressure.
Due to the fact that the guide system works without lubricants so-called dry running particles of dirt and dust are not attracted.
This makes the guide system extremely insensitive to dirt and maintenance-free during normal operation.
Users are also able to reduce installation costs with new DryLin WQ.
The multi-axis movement (+/- 1 mm) of the "floating bearings" compensates for alignment and parallelism errors between the rails.
Jamming, which can only otherwise be prevented by time-consuming alignment of the rails, can thus be ruled out. Request a free brochure from Igus UK ...
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