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
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
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- 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.
Throughfeed machines
Whether 3D energy supply system, format adjustment with trapezoidal threads or cost-effective PVC cables that function reliably, even when moving.
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
Successfully in use
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 quicklyRequirements: 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.
...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
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.
Related industries
Textile industry
Long service life and smooth running, even at high cycle rates in textile machines.
