Free plain bearing white paper

Seven tips for finding the hidden costs of your plain bearings and saving money easily

• Identify needs and optimise procurement
• Compare component requirements against performance data
• Check special geometry and dimension requirements
• Choose the most cost-effective manufacturing process

Wear protection for any surface? How to extend your wear-resistant parts' service life

• Functionality and processing
• The perfect coating for your application
• How the iglidur® Coating Service works 
• Tips for self-coating
• practical application examples

Typical damage patterns - How to avoid premature failure of plastic bushings

• Different plain bearing damage pattern types
• How to avoid plain bearing damage
• Tips for plain bearing damage analysis
• Usesful tips throughout for our materials

Checklist - Get the longest-lasting plain bearing in four steps

• What should be considered with mating partners?
• How can or should plain bearings be fixed?
• What should be taken into account with regard to operating conditions
• How do you define the service life of a plain bearing?

Plastic plain bearings: tolerances, assembly, measurement

• Tolerance design for defining the correct bearing clearance
• Measuring methods and tips for determining plastic plain bearings
• Installation tolerances and measures to simplify installation
• Methods for installing plastic plain bearings

Maximising the service life of shafts and plain bearings

• The problem: downtime due to maintenance
• Galvanising: hot dip galvanising and electro-galvanising
• Nitriding: gas nitriding and nitrocarburisation
• Hard chrome shafts
• Case study: heavy-duty tests with iglidur® materials
• Product development through persistent research

Plain bearing materials comparison: iglidur versus conventional plastics

• How do I find the suitable plastic plain bearing?
• What plain bearing materials are there and what are their characteristics?
• How do plain bearing materials perform in comparison?
• What wear quality do the different plain bearing materials have? (Test methods, test results)

Injection mould with injection-moulded component

Amongst other things, the iglidur® Design Guide covers the following topics:

• Nine tips to cut costs for injection moulds and materials
• Understanding the phenomenon of shrinkage
• Producing injection moulds cost-effectively with a 3D printer
• Is injection moulding the right choice? Selecting the right manufacturing process
• Get the finished part instantly with the 3D printing service tool

Success factors for lubrication-free bearing points in
construction machinery

Amongst other things, the white paper covers the following topics:

• Important functions of lubrication in plain bearings
• Reasons for switching to lubrication-free plain bearings
• Differentiation: lubrication-free iglidur® plain bearings vs. lubricated metallic bearings
• How self-lubricating plain bearings work
• This must be taken into account when changing to dry-running plain bearings