Plain bearings for prostheses and orthoses

Prostheses and orthopaedic splints are designed to make life easier and provide greater freedom of movement, and the demands placed on them are correspondingly high. The material should be able to withstand the strain, but at the same time not be too heavy so as not to tire the wearer. It should be able to be used anywhere, for swimming in salt or chlorinated water, in sand, in plus and minus temperatures. Even creams and medical products should not restrict its function or stress the material. Plastic bearings from igus are made for precisely such applications and fit perfectly into designs with high requirements.

Advantages of iglidur plain bearings:

• No stick-slip effect
• Shock absorbing
• Low coefficient of friction
• Silent
• Resistant to impact and edge loads
• Resistant to media
• Insensitive to dirt
• Lubricant-free

All products are tested for wear and load capacity under real-life conditions in the igus test laboratory, the largest in the industry. The results are incorporated into our online tools for service life calculation and enable exact predictions of durability.

Upon request, igus performs customer tests to check product use under specific conditions.