Resistant to dirt, dust, and swarf: motion plastics for the woodworking industry

igus polymer solutions for moving applications help you reduce logistics, installation, and throughput times. In your woodworking machines and CNC machining centres, our tightly closing energy supply systems ensure the controlled movement of cables and hydraulic and pneumatic hoses and protect them from dust and chips. Our linear guides and plain and ball bearings also require no external lubrication or maintenance. This makes them ideal for the woodworking industry, since chips, dust, and dirt cannot adhere to the bearing points thanks to dry operation.

Advantages of our products

Lubrication-free and maintenance-free bearing components
Swarf-resistant, dust-proof and dirt-insensitive energy supply systems
Save installation space and weight
Fast and easy installation
Complete system or individual components with no minimum order quantity
Service life that can be calculated online

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Modular extender crossbar system for large diameters

E4Q e-chain® with extender crossbars

High-strength sliding bushes with felt seal

iglidur TX2

Draw circuit diagrams faster with smart plastics EPLAN macros

EPLAN macros

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Selected motion plastics for woodworking machines

e-chain E2

Easy assembly
Tough, high strength
Quiet operation
Long service life of cables

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e-chain E4.1L

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 environmental conditions

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readychain Module Connect

Strain relief in the housing
Space-saving due to flat housing
Adapt connector to energy chain geometry

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drylin linear technology

100% lubrication-free
Corrosion-resistant and hygienic
Quiet and wear-resistant

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igubal pillow block bearings

Lubrication-free and maintenance-free
Corrosion-free and dirt-resistant
Quiet operation

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Your component made to your design in the desired quantity and material

Special solutions are just as much part of the igus product range as standard parts. Our experts match the choice of the manufacturing process and the component material precisely to your needs. The right material for your purposes is selected from a wide range of wear-resistant and maintenance-free high-performance polymers.

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Successfully in use by our customers

Module Connect and readychain in machines for manufacturing furniture

Shorter downtime with Module Connect

The challenge for our customer in this project was that the path of the cables through the machine from the consumer unit to the switch cabinet is 100 metres. In the event of service, where there is planned or unplanned downtime, this results in major logistical expenses. The solution: a fully harnessed energy chain, including the plug and play interface solution Module Connect. The customer is able to unplug and plug in the self-coded assembly at any time - absolutely securely and without specialist personnel. This simplifies handling and significantly reduces downtime and maintenance costs.

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Rotating an edge banding unit safely with the twisterband

Homag GmbH, the world market leader in edge bander production, has developed a machine that can glue slanted edges – a job that previously had to be done manually. Five-axis technology is used to swivel the edge banding unit. This requires a compact, cost-effective energy supply system that allows rotations of 720° and can guide various media at the same time. It was a perfect case for our twisterband ...

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iglidur bearings can handle extreme loads and high temperatures

Wood dust and high pressure and temperatures: the ambient conditions for plain bearings in machines that assemble wood veneers are anything but ideal. igus plastic plain bearings prove their worth in the face of these extreme requirements. Heinrich Kuper GmbH, the only manufacturer worldwide to cover the entire spectrum of veneer splicing techniques, uses split igus plain bearings made of the iglidur G material in a new generation of machines at a very critical point - the pressure beam bearing.

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Half the assembly time with readychain®

Weeke Bohrsysteme GmbH relies on pre-assembled readychain® systems in the manufacturing of their equipment. Thanks to the ready-to-install energy supplies equipped with harnessed cables, Weeke only needs half the time to assemble the energy tubes. This enables the company to lower its production costs whilst offering a long-life, low-maintenance product for its end customers.

Heat, cold, shocks, dirt? No problem.

SERRA Maschinenbau GmbH places great demands on its stationary sawmills. They must work flawlessly at all times, no matter how hot or cold it is. Furthermore, they must be easy to operate, maintain and service. This was successfully achieved by using polymer plain bearings. The bearings do not have to be lubricated, they are impervious to shocks, dirt and sawdust and they are extremely temperature-resistant.

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Special solution with standard components

Special designs have two essential disadvantages: procurement of spare parts and high development costs. How these disadvantages can be avoided is demonstrated by Westphal Maschinenbau with an innovative energy supply consisting of standard components. The e-chain® carries an extraction hose piggyback which it takes, along with other cables, safely and securely over a travel distance of 16 metres.

Crossbar energy chain in wood and sandwich processing

Costs and time needed for maintenance reduced

This lathe made by HOMAG India processes wooden parts, which causes a large amount of wood chips and dust. The use of iglidur® plain bearings, which contain solid lubricant, means that the machine's bearings are low maintenance and do not have to be lubricated in any way. This cuts costs and saves service time as well as preventing wood swarf and dust from sticking to the bearings.