By Ina Hartmann The goal of reducing CO2 emissions has become a staple in many corporate strategies. This focus is needed, since recent extreme weather conditions point directly to the urgency of climate change....
By Erin Kemal The robotics industry has seen exponential growth across the globe in recent years, thanks in no small part to the ongoing pandemic. Companies want more production output for less money, meaning...
By Lars Butenschon Are you unsure of whether plain bearings are really the better choice compared to their metallic counterparts? This post is intended to help you with this question. The technology at a...
By Stefan Niermann If you have kids, you might be familiar with this scenario: Your child might quickly scarf down some fries and then wipe their greasy fingers on their shirt. Annoying, right? Nobody...
By Mike Moalli Photo: “treadmill” by Jeff Blackler, licensed under CC BY 2.0 With the new year in full swing, many individuals are still sticking to (or putting off) their new year’s resolutions. A...
By Stefan Niermann Why don’t we wear shoes made of lead? This may seem like a silly question but bear with us while we get to our main point about equipment design. The fact...
By IGU-BLOG-ADM This article originally appeared on https://blog.igus.eu/can-fibre-optic-cable-be-the-solution-for-small-bend-radii/ Industry 4.0 has now found its way into very many applications. Data is collected at a wide variety of points and must be conveyed to the control...
Photo: “Skid Steer at Work” by Puppy Paws Skid Steer, licensed under CC BY 2.0 Preventative maintenance: every skid steer operator’s favorite activity. Not really, some of them don’t even do it, and I don’t blame...
By Avory Brookins At this point, you probably already know that our chainflex® cable 36-month lifetime guarantee and service life calculator, which is based on 2 billion test cycles per year, have been verified...
By Andreas Muckes Time and again we talk about the bend radius of our energy chains and cables. We will take a closer look at what that means exactly and why the bend radius is...