Clean, quiet and cost-effective solutions for the printing industry in 24h.

The term 'printing technology' refers to numerous methods of duplicating masters and templates. In the same way, igus® motion plastics® refer to numerous tribologically optimized plastic products, which helps you to reduce the cost of your equipment and increase its service life. Whether this is due to the absence of no external lubrication and maintenance or due to fail-safe cables and optimum cable guidance. From our range of 100,000 modular products, we always offer the right solution whatever the requirements are. Extremely low-vibration energy guides for very high acceleration rates, abrasion-resistant and confirmed to be in account with IPA DIN EN ISO Class 1, super-quiet from 32 dB(A), very high data rates CAT7, 600 MHz and a cable guarantee against failure for up to 4 years.

Benefits:

Lubrication and maintenance-free
Insensitivity to print dusting powder and paper dust
Vibration dampening
Quiet (32 dB(A))
Corrosion-resistant
Available from stock

Products for print technology:

Energy chains suitable for cleanrooms

Extremely quiet and low-vibration
Weight saving of approximately 30%
Cost-effective

View our e-chains

Cables suitable for cleanrooms

Highly flexible cables
For high speeds and accelerations
Up to 4 year guarantee

Visit the chainflex shop

Linear guides suitable for cleanrooms

High strength
Easy installation, maintenance-free
Resistant to dirt due to dry operation

Shop drylin® W Linear Guide Rails

iglide G plain bearings

High wear resistance
Resistance to dust and dirt
Cost-effective

Shop iglide G bearings

xiros polymer ball bearing

Up to 40% cheaper and 60% lighter
100% self-lubricating
Temperature-resistant from -40 to +80°C

Shop xiros radial ball bearings

igubal spherical bearings

Up to 80% lighter than metal bearings
Low-friction dry operation
Resistant to dust and dirt

Shop igubal rod ends & bearings

igus products in use in print technology

"Virtu" large format printer

Quiet and low-vibration printing
To avoid any vibration when printing on sheet metal, foils, textiles and papers, the company Spühl AG decided to use the low-vibration energy chain E6 in large format printers.

Screen-printing facility

Linear guides are resistant to dirt, dust, moisture and vibration
igus linear guides are used in environmental conditions with dirt, dust and moisture in silk screening machines. Furthermore, they are precise and operate with low vibration.