Car wash industry

Driving a dirty car can be dangerous. With lifestyle time constraints, more people are turning to carwashes to clean cars. These can range from self-service car washes and automatic gantry car washes. Both of these require the car to pass through conveyor belts through various stages of cleaning. The vehicles are cleaned by high-pressure cleaners and foam brushes. In order to meet the ever-increasing demands on modern washing systems, motion plastics products supplied by igus®, are used to increase the service life of the various systems, maintenance-free.

Selected products for washing systems

igubal® spherical bearings

Resistant to dust and dirt
80% lighter than metallic alternatives
Self-lubricating and low maintenance
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drylin® linear guides

Corrosion-free
Dirt-resistant
Lightweight and robust
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xiros® ball bearings

Temperature-resistant from -40 to +80°C
Tough and corrosion-resistant
Light and low-maintenance
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Energy chains

Low abrasion, vibration-free and highly stable
Suitable for confined installation spaces
Suitable for long travels.

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Harnessed readychain® systems

Reduction of manufacturing costs
Logistics effort kept to a minimum
Reduce assembly time

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chainflex® cables for motion

Calculable and predictable service life
Available from stock, from 1m length
Cables for all types of motion

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Application examples of our customers

Clean lorry under the open sky

This car wash uses industrial robots to clean lorries outside. The most adverse environmental conditions such as ore dust, heat and moisture pose challenges to the components installed. e-chains® withstand the influences and work flawlessly.

Made of bar stock

In a tyre soaping station, metal bearings were used up to now, which regularly led to a breakdown of the system. Now, these bearings have been replaced with plastic bearings made of igus® bar stock . This saves costs of several thousand Euro per year.

Perfect underbody wash

In this car wash, the underbody of the car is cleaned. Two rotating nozzles clean the vehicles with high-pressure jets and must be resistant to dirt and water. Metallic bearings are replaced by iglidur® plain bearings, which reduce failures during operation caused by the absence of lubricants.

Wash trains automatically

Manual washing of trains is dispensed with in this modern system. From the beginning, an automated process takes care of the washing and subsequent drying. Due to the small installation space, e-chains® and chainflex® cables are used for the movement.

Protective door adjustment in a car wash

Easy opening and closing

For the adjustment of a protective door in a car wash, a reliable guide system which requires a low driving force was needed. The drylin® W linear guide system now incorporates a component that is maintenance-free and inexpensive.