igus smart plastics

Since more than 25 year igus® does condition monitoring on their products (e-chain systems, cables and polymer bearings) in a 3,800m², world biggest laboratory for dynamic energy transfer applications. Since 14 years igus® does condition monitoring by more than 1,000 installed push-/pull force detection systems. Basing on this experience igus® smart plastics in 2018 launched the first cloud based IoT predictive maintenance lifetime calculation with clear days until next recommended maintenance indication. Info regarding next suggested maintenance and alerts were displayed in an web browser and by email/SMS notification.