Clean and maintenance-free use are only two properties which support using iglidur bearings in prostheses and orthoses. Furthermore, the bearings are extremely wear-resistant. Users describe the movement with the bearings as particularly fluent and stable at the same time.
Lubrication-free and maintenance-free
Wear-resistant
Robust, even in the case of thin walls
Resistant to impacts and edge loads
Media-resistant, e.g. to pool or salt water, personal care products
No stick-slip effect
Resistant to dirt
Quiet operation
Shock-absorbing
Low coefficient of friction
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Clean bearings even with dirt and dust
Ready-to-install solution
Cost-effective and maintenance-free
Higher running performance
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Extremely wear-resistant material for continuous operation
Very low coefficient of friction
Cost-effective and maintenance-free
Higher running performance than iglidur J
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Wear-resistant
FDA and EU10/2011-compliant
Simple coating and protection of metallic surfaces in particularly small installation spaces
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For a long service life during continuous operation
Low coefficient of friction, extremely high abrasion resistance
Suitable for rugged and stainless steel shafts
Dirt-resistant
iglidur materials as round bars, tubes and plates
Currently 25 iglidur materials to choose from
Cut to required size without offcut removal
Machining with no minimum order quantity
In required design and material, no minimum order quantity
Rapid production
Suitable for prototypes as well as small and high volume production
Large selection of high-performance materials
See for yourself the quality of our plain bearings. The iglidur improves sample box contains:
Four iglidur Z bearings guarantee maintenance-free, extremely durable bearing locations with superb dampening on the main axes of this hip prosthesis. The resulting forces occurring in the prosthesis during oscillating movement are reliably transmitted by the bearings without any noticeable increase in play. Experiments in the igus test laboratory have revealed that iglidur material shows 95% less wear than PA66 and PTFE.
Vincent Systems GmbH has high demands concerning bearings for their finger and hand prostheses. And rightly so. They must have low coefficient of friction, require no additional lubrication, be suitable for soft shafts and vibration dampening and be chemical resistant. At the same time, they should enable a functional and aesthetic design. All axes involved in the movement were therefore equipped with iglidur J bearings.
This joint prosthesis has been equipped with iglidur J piston rings, which can be clipped to the piston due to their opening and flexible material. This makes the installation very easy and decreases assembly time. Previously, PTFE guide bands were inserted into the piston, which wear a lot faster compared to iglidur piston rings and therefore had to be exchanged more frequently.
iglidur bearings guarantee the necessary comfort during impacts due to their cushioning properties. This holds true for the case of this leg prosthesis by Blatchford, where metal bearings with Teflon coating were replaced by iglidur Z bearings. In addition to cushioning impacts, bearings by igus also convince when used with high edge loads and shear forces. Prosthesis wearers describe the movement as particularly fluent and at the same time very stable.
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