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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.

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Selected products for washing systems

igubal® spherical bearings

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

drylin linear guides
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xiros® ball bearings

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

E4 energy chain
  • Low abrasion, vibration-free and highly stable
  • Suitable for confined installation spaces
  • Suitable for long travels.
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Harnessed readychain® systems

readychain
  • Reduction of manufacturing costs
  • Logistics effort kept to a minimum
  • Reduce assembly time
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chainflex® cables for motion

chainflex cables in the overview
  • 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

Washing systems for lorries

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.

A plain bearing made of bar stock in a tyre fitting line

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.

Underbody wash

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.

Car wash for trains

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.

Related industries

Automotive

From adjustable seats to plain bearings in coolant pumps, igus® products can help with automotive manufacturing solutions.

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Cleanroom

Cleanrooms have high requirements for moving components as every contamination impairs products and processes and costs money.

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