Smart Plastics by igus: Industry 4.0

By OEM Update Editorial July 14, 2018 11:14 am IST

igus has been developing a family of products since 2016 under the heading ‘isense’, where various sensors and monitoring modules add intelligence to plastic solutions such as energy chains, cables, linear guides and slewing ring bearings. They measure, among other things, the wear during the operation and alert the user early enough to plan repair or replacement. By networking using the igus communication module (icom), the online status and alert display, for example via a PC, tablet or smartphone, is just as possible as a direct integration into the customer’s infrastructure. These smart plastics are already predicting the service life of numerous customer applications, for example, enabling companies to increase the reliability of their systems, plan maintenance tasks accurately, and thus, save costs. These novelties will be presented by igus at the Hannover Messe in hall 17.