Breaking the Injection Mold White Paper
How do the wear rates for 3D printed components fare compared to injection molded components? Get the data you are looking for in this detailed white paper. Other topics covered include a primer on...
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Plastic Plain Bearings: Tolerances, Assembly, Measurement White Paper
By Sherill Letourneau Read this whitepaper to learn everything you’ll need to know about our iglide® plain plastic bearings in regards to tolerance, assembly, measurement and more!
Sliding vs. Rolling: Benefits of Plastic Linear Bearings
Prefer to watch the webinar? Here you go: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLXX4kHNp5s The topic of today’s webinar is sliding versus rolling: the benefits of plastic linear bearings. We are going to discuss how to correctly implement plastic linear plain...
Going Carbon Neutral – Corporate CO2 Footprint
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....
Don’t Sweat It: Self-lubricating Compound Polymer Bearings for Fitness Equipment Are Maintenance-free
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...
Designing Skid Steers With a Shorter Preventative Maintenance Checklist
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...
How high temperatures affect plastic plain bearings
By Lars Butenschon “What temperatures can they handle?” is certainly one of the most frequent questions I have been asked at trade fairs. (Remember trade fairs? With handshakes and everything?) Often the topic of temperature...
How to Use the iglide® Service Life Calculator
By Shizu Yamaguchi Did you know that the data used to generate results from our service life calculator come from actual tests done in our 40,900-square-foot testing lab in Cologne, Germany? Or that you...
Can plastic bearings handle hydraulic aviation fluid?
By Florian Schiller What is Skydrol? Used in aviation products for more than 40 years, Skydrol LD-4 is a hydraulic fluid manufactured by Eastman Chemical Company. Skydrol is made of a fire-resistant phosphate ester...
