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Components for facade technology

Whether composite façades made of aluminium or curtain wall façades made of glass: the demand for high functionality, technology and quality in modern buildings is constantly increasing: higher energy efficiency, modern design, longer service life and freedom from maintenance with falling costs. More and more movable façade elements are being used and environmental influences pose a major challenge to the corrosion and weather resistance of the materials used. With our plain and spherical plain bearings, we offer components made of high-performance polymers for indoor and outdoor use. They are particularly suitable for disc bearings, for example in the area of exterior façades, and can be successfully installed dry and without additional lubricants at temperatures from -30 to +80 °C.

igubal facade module with ball joints on a glass facade.

Top products for façade technology

igubal spherical bearings and flange bearings in various designs.

Spherical plain bearing

  • Up to 40 % cheaper than metal spherical plain bearings
  • 80 % lighter than metal alternatives
  • Lubrication and maintenance-free
  • Resistant to corrosion
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Three plain bearings and a thrust washer for bearings applications.

Plain bearings and thrust washers

  • self-lubricating and maintenance-free
  • cost-effective
  • 10,000 sizes from stock
  • Predictable service life
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drylin N guide rail and carriage combined, shown with mounting plates.

low-profile guide system

  • Small installation height between 6 and 12 mm
  • Low weight
  • rail in silver or black anodised
  • 4 rail widths from 17-80 mm
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Success stories

Glass facade of a modular structure in front of autumn trees.

Durable bearing technology in an innovative solar shading façade system

The French company Arcora has developed a sustainable, innovative sun shading system that does not require the usual motorisation. Our plain and spherical plain bearings and linear guides are used in the interfaces between the moving and fixed elements.

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Facade with vertical slats in front of glass surfaces.

Maintenance-free plain bearings for 1028 sun protection slats in the E.ON technical centre

In order to minimise the workload after the installation of the exterior façade, a maintenance-free bearing technology was required for the pivot points of the vertical slats. Due to their incorporated solid lubricants, the iglidur® J bearings were chosen, which also enable optimum coefficient of friction in the long term without relubrication.

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Facade, glass and wood building, and a robotic arm for processing parts.

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Discover other applications from our customers in façade and construction technology in which dry-tech® bearing products demonstrate their advantages: long service life in all weather conditions, no corrosion, no maintenance.

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Tested in the igus test laboratory for use in the real world

Tested for continuous load, media resistance and low-noise operation

In the industry's largest plastic test laboratory, iglidur® bearings, drylin® linear technology and igubal® coupling rods are put through their paces. The focus here is on examining the tribological specification of different material pairings and testing assemblies. The results are fed into our tools for calculating service life and enable precise predictions to be made about durability.

Upon request, igus® also carries out customer tests in order to test the use of the products under very individual conditions.

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