DryLin® - Glides instead of rolling!

DryLin® is a product range of maintenance-free and lubricant-free linear bearings in four different main categories. Besides the freedom from maintenance, the main features include ruggedness and the insensitivity to dirt, water, chemicals, heat or impacts.

Recirculating ball bearing

Recirculating ball bearing

 
igus® DryLin® linear bearing

igus® DryLin® linear bearing

 
Resistant to dirt, dust and humidity

Resistant to dirt, dust and humidity

 
Comparison of noise development

Comparison of noise development

 
Advantages

Maintenance-free

Dry operation

Resistant to dirt, dust and humidity

Weight reduction

For short-stroke applications

Self-lubricating

Very quiet run

Wear resistant

Corrosion resistant

Insensitive to impacts and vibrations

Low coefficients of friction

High static load capacity

High speeds and accelerations possible


Low surface pressure

DryLin® linear bearings operate on glide pads unlike the common recirculating ball bearing systems. Thus an essentially larger contact surface becomes available resulting in essentially lower surface pressure. The resultant advantages are:

The application of non-hardened shafts is possible.

Even non-metallic counter-partners are usable

A galling is completely excluded.


Dry run, without lubrication

DryLin® linear bearing systems are designed for the dry operation. Your applications are thereby protected against soiling by grease or oil. Even the application under coarse dirt and sand is possible. Particles are repelled from the contact surface by the movement itself. Here the front side of the gliders works like a wiper. The contact surface remains clean.


No minimum stroke lengths

In contrast to recirculating ball bearings, the DryLin® bearings operate independent of the travel length and do not pose any conditions on the minimum stroke length. Even applications with extremely short strokes are no problem for the DryLin® linear bearings.


Low noise

The quiet run is also based on the feature of gliding in contrast to rolling. There is no mechanical rolling up of hard gliding partner and no ball collisions that cause loud noises. The gliding motion is extremely low noise and only a light friction noise is audible.

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