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Just one example of the variety of RoHS-compliant
iglidur materials is iglidur G, which is suitable as a universal material for
the most diverse applications (Source: igus GmbH).
The extended EU
Directive 2011/65/EC (RoHS II) became valid at the beginning of the year,
therefore tightened the permissible limits for hazardous substances in more and
more areas. From the 22nd July, products with unacceptably high concentrations,
such as lead-containing plain bearings face extinction in the Medical
Technology industry. igus offers iglidur polymer bearings as a RoHS-compliant
alternative that promises legal and functional reliability to the manufacturer,
and safe use and disposal to the user.
Since the mid-1990s, limitations on the use of
environmentally hazardous substances were enforced for electrical and
electronic devices and their components all over Europe . Steadily tightened guidelines under
the abbreviation "RoHS", (Restriction of [the use of certain]
Hazardous Substances) set limit values for the use of industrially-necessary
but potentially harmful substances such as, chromium, lead, mercury or bromine.
With the new RoHS II standard, a maximum value of 0.1% of the total weight is
determined for most. Many manufacturers changed their production accordingly in
the past, and others must now respond because exemptions, such as for the
medical and control technology, will expire this month. Since similar
regulations are also put in place in countries such as the USA , Japan or China ,
these standards must be met increasingly with a global perspective. However,
metallic composite bearings often have alloys that are not compliant with RoHS.
Reliable planning and amendments with iglidur plain bearings
Customers, who consider the RoHS compliance, have an
immediate alternative with iglidur bearings. This is because the substances
covered by the Directive basically have no role to play in this material made
of thermoplastic compounds. Based on the principle of dry lubrication, the
iglidur bearing technology uses tribologically optimised base polymers, solid
lubricants and fillers of exclusively non-metallic and RoHS-safe ingredients.
The provisions of the RoHS Directive are also subject to
permanent review and thus there is the possibility of future revisions of the
legal requirements. Manufacturers, whose equipment and components today fulfil
the admissible limits, or are even excluded from the standards today, must
expect a further tightening. iglidur polymer bearings provide planning
reliability today. In addition to their “traditional” advantages of freedom
from maintenance and lubrication, all igus products are without hazardous
substances. RoHS compliance is therefore one of the natural features of iglidur
plain bearings. The igus plain bearings are safe not only in terms of laws and
regulations. By the option of life prediction and configuration using online
tools, all metal bearings can be replaced quickly and easily by iglidur plain
polymer bearings.
For more information please visit: http://www.igus.in/iglidur
About igus India
igus® operations in India
started in the year 1998 with head quarters in Bangalore. igus offers widest
range of products that includes polymer bearings, igubal® spherical bearings, DryLin® linear
bearings & guide systems enable them to serve the whole industrial
establishments in India from a small work shop to huge industrial
establishments.
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