igus® components for maintenance-free operator cabins

The design of cabs in work machines such as cranes, agricultural machinery and construction machinery must meet high quality standards to ensure safety and productivity on the field, construction site or port. Wherever movement takes place - for example in the adjustment options of the seats, the control elements or when adjusting the displays - everything must run smoothly.

Thanks to dry operation, drylin® linear bearings and iglidur® plain bearings work maintenance-free and lubrication-free, permanently rattle-free and are insensitive to dirt, dust and corrosion. They are therefore suitable for use in the machine environment and can contribute to a long service life in the operator cabin.

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Examples of where igus® products are used

Bearing products and energy chains for operator cabins in agricultural machinery

Prepared for the Onfield 4.0 operator cabin

The latest trend in cab design for agricultural machinery is the Onfield 4.0 cab. Tractors or harvesters such as combine harvesters are already often GPS-controlled and equipped with extensive sensors.
So that the farmer can be productive even with a low workload, digital networking will continue to increase. Office tasks such as accounting should then be carried out from the agricultural machine. Displays with flexible adjustment options will thus shape the interior design even more. But the driver's seat must also be very flexible and must be able to be turned to face the side console, for example.

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Linear adjustment for displays and seats

Products: drylin® W linear guides or drylin® N miniature guides
Advantages: lubrication-free ✓ dirt-resistant and robust ✓ durable ✓ quiet operation ✓

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Cable guidance of driver's seat rotation

Products: RBR rotary energy supply systems with a small internal E 2.1 e-chain®
Advantages: rotation angle up to 360° ✓ light ✓ compact ✓ protected against corrosion ✓

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Steering column and mirror adjustment

Products: iglidur® G or iglidur® J plain bearings
Advantages: resistant to shocks and impacts ✓ high load capacity ✓ dirt-resistant ✓ lubrication-free and maintenance-free ✓

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Cable guidance of driver's seat

Products: E 2.1 energy chains
Advantages: long service life ✓ very quiet operation ✓ easy filling and assembly ✓

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Cable guidance of control elements

Products: triflex® Robotic energy chain
Advantages: for rotating and pivoting movements ✓ cables safely guided ✓

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Bearing products and energy chains for operator cabins in cranes

Flexible seats for more safety with high productivity

Whether in a construction crane, port crane or intermodal crane. Modern crane operator cabins are characterised above all by the driver's seats with a wide range of adjustment options.
This not only applies to flexibly adjustable headrests and armrests. In order to always have an overview when lifting the load, the seats should be able to be moved linearly forwards and backwards and also be easy to tilt. This ensures high productivity with a high level of safety at the same time. Further adjustments in the crane cab are made with movable displays and control elements, and above all the master switch.

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Display and seat adjustment

Products: drylin® W linear guides
Advantages: lubrication-free ✓ dirt-resistant and robust ✓ durable ✓ quiet operation ✓

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Switch adjustment

Products: igubal® EGLM spherical bearings
Advantages: corrosion-free ✓ high dampening capacity ✓ impact-resistant ✓

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Cable guidance in the seat

Products: E 2.1 energy chains
Advantages: long service life ✓ very quiet operation ✓ easy filling and assembly ✓

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Bearing arrangement of the doors

Products: iglidur® G plain bearing
Advantages: very good coefficients of friction ✓ resistant to edge pressure ✓ resistant to shocks and impacts ✓ insensitive to dirt and dust ✓

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Bearings for windscreen wiper

Products: iglidur® H2 plain bearing
Advantages: low moisture absorption ✓ corrosion-free ✓ highly media-resistant ✓ economical ✓

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Side console height adjustment

Products: linear axes and drylin® E motors
Advantages: torsion-resistant double-shaft profiles ✓ powerful stepper motors with anti-rotation feature ✓

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Bearing products and energy chains for operator cabins in construction site vehicles

Operate heavy machinery safely

Excavators, wheel loaders, tracked vehicles or transporters: the cabin design also plays its part in the safe movement of heavy machinery. A high level of comfort, a good overview and a natural sitting position are required here. A wide range of seat adjustments, such as linear rails on the arm and headrests or plain bearings on the back adjustment, allow the correct seating position for every machine operator.
They must also work maintenance-free when in contact with dirt and high humidity. In addition, the user must be able to rely on the flawless and smooth operation of the control instruments. Vibration-dampening, maintenance-free and lubrication-free bearings are used here.

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Display and seat adjustment

Products: drylin® W or drylin® N linear guides
Advantages: lubrication-free ✓ dirt-resistant and robust ✓ durable ✓ quiet operation ✓

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Bearing arrangement of joystick

Products: igubal® EGLM spherical bearings
Advantages: corrosion-free ✓ high dampening capacity ✓ impact-resistant ✓

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Cable guidance in the seat

Products: E2.1 series energy chains
Advantages: light and compact, for tight installation spaces ✓ high strength ✓

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Armrest adjustment

Products: drylin® flat guides
Advantages: lubrication-free ✓ dirt-resistant and robust ✓ durable ✓ quiet operation ✓

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Bearings for windscreen wiper

Products: iglidur® H2 plain bearing
Advantages: low moisture absorption ✓ corrosion-free ✓ highly media-resistant ✓ economical ✓

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Backrest adjustment

Products: special parts made of iglidur® materials
Advantages: customised drawing parts ✓ possible in large and small volumes

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Application example

Perfect view: drylin rails for seat adjustment

As the control stand can be moved sideways, the driver always has a perfect overview of the construction machine. The Gessmann system was implemented with maintenance-free and dirt-resistant drylin W linear rails.