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Reducing Weight in the Automotive Industry with iglide® bearings

Weight is an essential factor in automotive production, and reducing weight is a constant goal for automotive manufacturers. In this video, one way to do so is explained: making the switch from metal plain bearings to plastic plain bearings.

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    00:00:00 [Music] hi there i'm sebastian blescher head of automotive phrygis in north america and today i would like to talk about weight reduction inside of the automotive industry [Music] reducing weight of components and applications inside of the automotive industry is one of the main drivers

    00:00:33 every little gram has an immediate impact of the efficiency and also on the range of the vehicle but also the handling for everybody involved will be easier and an improved environmental transportation footprint will be reached but how to reduce weight and for that i've brought two bearings with me one is a standard metal bearing and the other one is an igus

    00:00:59 self-replicating polymer bearing and we want to compare the weight between them so let's start with the metal bearing and this weights around 80 gram and it feels already massive okay let's see how many igus bearings will have the same weight

    00:01:21 this is around 15 gram so two and three and four okay we're getting closer five wow five igus bearings with the similar weight of only one metal

    00:01:41 bearing that's incredible think about a car seat 30 bearings per seat that adds up to a huge weight reduction opportunity to see how much weight you can save in your application get in contact with us and for a free sample box check the link in the description below [Music] you