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Follow on Google News | “manus” Plastic Plain Bearing Competition Goes GlobalPlastic bearing specialist igus® has launched the fifth manus competition for plastic plain bearing applications.
By: igus® inc. The manus competition seeks innovative, challenging, and unusual applications using lubrication- Cash prizes The winner will receive 5,000 euros prize money, while second and third place will be awarded 2,500 and 1,000 euros respectively (approximately $6,690, $3,345, and $1,337 USD at time of writing). The top three will also receive a bronze, silver, or gold manus statuette and a certificate of recognition. The results will be announced at an awards ceremony during the Hannover Show in Germany from April 4-8, 2011. igus will fly the lucky winners to the show for free if they wish to attend. To enter You can enter online at www.igus.com/ Lubrication- igus’ lubrication- Dry-running plastic bearings can also save money and increase machine safety. A survey conducted by the MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) revealed that the costs for downtime caused by a lack of lubrication totals 240 billion dollars a year in the USA alone. According to manus organizer igus, the company offers the world’s largest range of eco-friendly and predictable plastic plain bearings thanks to field research, a comprehensive database based on extensive testing, and special manufacturing methods. Since 2001, design engineers have been able to predict bearing service life in a given application online at www.igus.com using igus’ Expert System lifetime calculation program. This program is currently unrivalled by other manufacturers. # # # Igus® develops industry-leading cable carriers, continuous-flex cables, plastic plain bearings, linear bearings and guide systems and spherical bearings. End
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