Igus's lubrication-free and maintenance-free engineering plastic slewing ring bearings are suitable for applications requiring extremely high reliability. In order to avoid unplanned downtime due to bearing failures, igus developed isense intelligent slewing ring bearings. Test and notify the user in advance for replacement. The igus isense intelligent product family is designed to reduce machine downtime through predictive maintenance, and the intelligent slewing ring bearings further expand this series.
The sensor is installed in the groove below the sliding element of the slewing ring bearing of the engineering plastics. The wear degree is tested and replaced by the icom communication module. (Source: igus GmbH)
In consoles, welding equipment, indexing tables and chain saws: Slewing ring bearings in plain bearings are mainly used in applications requiring extremely high reliability, and often require high speed and high loads. igus developed an iglidur project for this purpose. Plastic slewing ring bearings, the sliding elements between the inner and outer bearing rings are made of aluminum and stainless steel. The remaining maintenance-free parts are made of high-performance material iglidur J, which minimizes the friction coefficient and wear rate and does not require lubrication. igus Newly developed a smart slewing ring bearing (SRB), René Achnitz, director of the isense PRT.W. iglidur bearing department, said: 'The wear sensor installed in the groove below the sliding element measures the axial direction of the SRB's top ring caused by wear. Decrease, and pass the information to the icom communication module. After comparing the information with the previously determined wear rate of the relevant application, the icom module is used to promptly indicate the necessity of part replacement. ' The communication module receives the sensor data, and Send information to user-specified terminal equipment through WLAN. This guarantees the timeliness of part replacement and avoids unplanned downtime of the machine, thereby increasing production. Safety and reliability.
Isense makes preventative maintenance easier
Over the past few years, igus has developed a number of sensors and monitoring modules named after 'isense'. This series of products is designed to make plastic solutions intelligent and make the production process simpler and more reliable. In addition to PRT.W, sports Plastics experts also provide measurement monitoring systems for their drylin linear guides, chains and cables to send relevant data to the icom communication module. The communication module collects the values of the connected isense system, such as the speed of the drag chain. Acceleration, electrical characteristics of highly flexible cables or wear values of linear guides and slewing ring bearings, and sending data packets to users. These data can also be retrieved via a web browser. As a wireless icom module can connect multiple isense systems Therefore, it is easier to integrate data into production. In addition, customers can also connect other manufacturers' status monitoring and data generation unit devices to the icom module.