Polymer Bearings - igus® - #8

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6 Exciting applications www.igus.eu/eu/plastics The tribo-optimised iglidur® plastic plain bearings from igus® require neither oil nor grease. Due to continuous advanced developments the bearings specialist igus® now supplies alternatives more in line with environmental considerations for more and more applications that work with lubricated metallic plain and rolling bearings. The energy balance for the manufacture of plastics is very positive. Whereas the energy from 15 litres of oil is necessary to produce 1 litre of aluminum, and 1 litre of steel requires 11 litres of oil, the production of 1 litre of plastic only needs an average of 1.8 to 2.3 litres of oil. Do you allready know, that the production of plastics only requires 4 percent of annual worldwide oil requirements? Good for the environment iglidur® bearings are lubricantfree, so that no contaminants escape into the environment. The lightweight bearings will also help to reduce fuel consumption and carbon dioxide output in, for example, vehicles or aircrafts. Basically the reduced weight leads to lower masses and subsequently lower energy consumption.