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Energy chains, bearings and cables for road construction and tunnelling machines


The components of equipment for road construction and tunnelling are exposed to high loads: dirt, dust and strong vibrations. Our energy chains, cables and plain bearings withstand these conditions with ease. The predictable service life of our products minimises unplanned downtimes. And as all our products are lubrication-free, they avoid time-consuming maintenance work. Protect the cables and hoses of your drilling devices with our energy chains made of high-performance plastic or with our hybrid plastic and steel energy chains.
Road construction/tunnelling
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The technical requirements for bearing points in construction machinery are challenging. In addition to the requirements arising purely from the mechanical loads and movements that the bearings must fulfil, there are also the adverse external influences. Construction machines are used in harsh, dirty environments.
In this brochure, you can find out how igus developed high-performance plastic plain bearings that can be used in applications that previously only worked with steel and bronze.
 
Download brochure here
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Products for construction machinery

E4Q energy chain for construction machinery

Robust, quiet and modular

  • Tool-free opening and closing
  • Reduced projection into the interior for easier filling with the open e-chain®
  • Higher pull-out strength of the crossbars 
iglidur plain bearings for construction machinery

Medium-sized energy chains

  • Fast assembly
  • High strength and quiet running
  • Various fastening options
iglidur plain bearings for construction machinery

Pre-assembled e-chain systems

  • Harnessing time is reduced by up to 95%
  • Cut installation times by half
  • Minimise your machine downtime
  • On-site installation - international service with 35 subsidiaries
iglidur plain bearings for construction machinery

Avoid using lubricants

  • Reliable under high loads
  • 100% lubrication-free
  • Maintenance-free
  • Dirt-resistant
CFBUS control cable for construction machinery

For reliable data transfer

  • For heavy-duty applications
  • Oil-resistant
  • UV-resistant
  • Choose TPE, PUR or PVC as outer jacket material
drylin W

Sliding instead of rolling

  • 100% lubrication-free
  • Corrosion-resistant and hygienic
  • Quiet and wear-resistant 

Sample boxes for road construction and tunnelling machines

heavy-duty sample box

Plain bearing for heavy loads

Absolutely lubrication-free and dirt-resistant
for bearing points under high loads
chainflex sample box

Cables for motion

Withstands the highest bending stress,
for harsh environments
e4q sample

E4Q energy chain

Highly robust and modular design - tool-free opening and closing - 40 per cent less assembly time

drylin sample box

drylin linear guides

Maintenance-free sliding without grease in a wide variety of materials and shapes
Linear guides, plain bearings, e-chains, linear axes and more

motion plastics for vehicle cabins

Adjust seats and displays or mount master switches with maintenance-free bearing products. You can also run cables in the seat safely and quietly with energy chains.


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Cab in construction site vehicle
Energy chain configurator

Energy chain configurator

Configure complete energy supply systems for short or long travels as well as for hanging applications. Enter the application and environmental parameters and the configurator "e-chain expert" will suggest suitable solutions for your energy supply.

Construction machinery application examples

Success stories

Find out here how motion plastics solutions demonstrate their technical advantages in many other applications from the construction machinery sector


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igus® GmbH points out that it does not sell any products of the companies Allen Bradley, B&R, Baumüller, Beckhoff, Lahr, Control Techniques, Danaher Motion, ELAU, FAGOR, FANUC, Festo, Heidenhain, Jetter, Lenze, LinMot, LTi DRiVES, Mitsubishi, NUM,Parker, Bosch Rexroth, SEW, Siemens, Stöber and all other drive manufacturers mention on this website. The products offered by igus® are those of igus® GmbH