Products for tyre production

Lubrication-free and great strength even with high speeds

The tyre manufacturing industry places top priority on components being free from lubricants and resistant to dust. Maintenance-free and tribologically optimised polymers from igus® fulfil these and many other requirements. igus® offers a huge range of products in the areas of energy supply/cable guidance and protection, highly flexible cables and dry-running, maintenance-free plain bearing solutions for all types of movement.

Benefits of igus® products:

Dry running and corrosion-resistant
Suitable for high speeds
Insensitive to dust and dirt
High mechanical stability, very resilient
Vibration dampening
Long predictable service life

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Products frequently used in tyre production

E2/000 e-chain®

Inner heights from 21 to 45mm.
Openable on the left and right
Diverse modular interior separations
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e-chain® E4.1

energy chains of medium sizes
Inner heights from 21 to 162mm.
Openable along the inner or outer radius
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chainflex® cables

Up to 36-month chainflex® guarantee
Unharnessed or harnessed
Developed for moving applications
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iglidur® plain bearings

Maintenance-free dry running
Low coefficient of friction
Absorbs vibration
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iglidur® PRT

Various special bearings customised by igus to your specific requirements

For horizontal rotary movements
Ready-to-install slewing rings for lubrication-free, dry running
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drylin® lead screws

100% lubrication and maintenance-free
100% corrosions-free and media resistance
Up to 88% weight savings
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drylin® W profile guide

Easy installation, maintenance-free
Resistant to dirt due to dry running
Lightweight and quiet operation
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drylin® ZLW toothed belt axis

End supports with ball bearing
Lubrication-free linear guide system with polymer plain bearings
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drylin® R shaft guide

Same dimensions as recirculating ball bearings
For all shaft materials
Lightweight
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Tyre industry product brochure

Important information about our products and services to help in the tyre prodyuction industry. igus® can help in applications with;

High loads
Small installation spaces
High speeds
Long travel
Acceleration.

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Success stories

Autonomous robot with e-spool energy chain

Compact cable guidance for innovative robot for unloading tyres from lorries

In order to automate the unloading of tyres from lorry trailers, an intelligent robot was developed on a mobile crawler platform. Due to the limited space available in the trailers and weight restrictions, the robot could not be operated by batteries or motors. This is why it comes from outside and, together with numerous data and control cables, is guided to the robot via a compact e-spool energy chain.

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