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Woodworking machinery solutions for moving applications

igus ® plastic solutions for moving applications in woodworking machinery help you to reduce installation, handling and throughput times. Time-consuming maintenance work can be minimised with dry running, swarf-resistant solutions from a single source. Where there is dust and swarf, the very tightly sealed igus® energy supplies ensure the safe and secure movement of cables, hydraulic and pneumatic hoses in woodworking machinery or CNC processing centres. In addition, the dry running igus® linear guides, plain bearings and ball bearings are absolutely lubrication- and maintenance-free making them the first choice for woodworking machinery.
Your benefits at a glance:

Lubrication and maintenance-free
Ready-to-install energy supply systems
Quick assembly
Minimise your machine downtime

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Products commonly used in woodworking machinery

e-chains® E2

Easy assembly
Tough – high strength
Quiet operation
Long service life of cables
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e-chains® E4.1L

Tough, low-noise, modular
Fast assembly
Long travels possible
Long service life
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Control cables

Fail-safe cables
Up to 36 month guarantee
Suitable for extreme ambient conditions
Other options available
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readychain® standard

Quick assembly
Reduce failures
No cable surplus
Plug & Play
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drylin® linear technology

100% lubrication-free
Corrosion-resistant and hygienic
Wear-resistant
Extremely quiet operation
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igubal® pillow block bearings

Lubrication and maintenance-free
Corrosion-resistant
Dirt-resistant
Quiet operation
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Find product solutions simply by type of application

CNC machining centers

Whether safe energy supply systems, linear bearings or lead screws for format adjustments or harnessed drive cables.

Discover all solutions for CNC machining centres here

Throughfeed machines

Whether 3D energy supply system, format adjustment with trapezoidal threads or cost-effective PVC cables that function reliably, even when moving.

Discover all solutions for throughfeed machines here

dryspin® lead screw technology sample

► For format adjustments and positioning tasks
► Lubrication-free and maintenance-free
► Higher efficiency
► Longer service life due to asymmetry
► Media-resistant
► Low-noise, vibration-free operation due to thread geometry
► Service life predictable online

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Successfully in use

Module Connect ensures fast commissioning

Fast commissioning of the energy supply system with Module Connect

What was needed? Ready-to-install, harnessed energy chains that can be put into operation quickly

Requirements: simple installation, significant time saving, one central interface instead of many individual connectors

Success for the customer: quick and easy commissioning, customer is able to connect and disconnect the self-coded assembly at any time if servicing is required.

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...and many further success stories

Find out here how motion plastics solutions demonstrate their technical advantages in many other applications from the woodworking and wood-processing industry

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Free woodworking machinery brochure

igus® has a wide range of products for woodworking machinery and this brochure goes into more depth over the specific products and offers various applications for where the products can be used in this industry.

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