Once again, the
opportunity to apply for the international manus award will now be open for
companies and individual developers. Whether serial applications for the
industry or individual parts – anyone can apply with a polymer plain bearing
application. The winners will be awarded at the 2017 Hannover Messe, and the
prize money is up to 5,000 euros.
Whether in water, on
land or in the air, there is hardly an area where polymer plain bearings do not
display their characteristic advantages. They save weight in the solar
aircraft, they protect against corrosion in the wave power plant, they ensure a
smooth drive on the road and are more economical and more durable than
comparable metallic solutions. The prestigious manus award will now be held for
the eighth time to show the tremendous potential of plastic bearings
technology. The joint initiative of igus, the Institute for Composite
Materials, the Industrieanzeiger and the Technical University of Cologne
honours plastic plain bearing applications that are characterised by technical
prowess and economic efficiency as well as the creativity of the developer.
"The term 'manus' (lat. hand) symbolises the drive in the bearing
technology to go new ways," says Gerhard Baus, authorised agent for plain
bearings at igus GmbH. This was performed by 467 contestants from 34 countries
at the last 2015 manus award. They showed the whole exciting range of
application potentials of plastic plain bearings, from the prototype to the
serial application: spherical bearings in a steeringless bicycle from Italy,
linear bearings in a French machine for cake decoration or plain bearings in an
Indian car washing machine. In the end, an innovative system for ear surgery
from the Leibniz University of Hanover won the golden manus, which is used to
treat inner ear deafness and severe hearing loss.
The awards ceremony at the 2017 Hannover Messe
The independent jury
will select the award winners in February 2017. Participants can apply online
until then with a short textual description as well as pictures and videos of
their application. The prerequisite is that at least one built prototype of the
presented application exists. The awards ceremony of the manus award will take
place at the 2017 Hannover Messe at the igus stand. The winners of the
competition will receive prize money of up to 5,000 euros. This page www.manus-award.com contains all information,
participant applications of the past years as well as the link to the online
registration.
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® Linear Motion Bearings , Plain
Bearings and Bushing Accessories etc. which enable them to serve the whole
industrial establishments in India from a small work shop to huge industrial
establishments.
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