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manus® award 2025

12th competition for plastic bearing applications

Participate now and win €5,000!

Have you rethought your approach to plain bearings? Have you replaced lubricated metal bearings with lubrication-free plastic bearings, linear plain bearings or spherical bearings? Excellent! This sustainability transformation is your ticket to the manus award.

The competition is one of a kind across the globe and has been awarding prizes for creative applications of polymer plain bearings since 2003. We offer you a platform for your project and worldwide attention. In addition, we will award prize money of up to €5,000.

Take part in the manus contest now!
The highlights of the last manus award
manus winners' applications

What are we looking for?

We talk to engineers every day and often hear that the pressure is constantly increasing. It's not just about cost efficiency, but also about continuously improving the CO₂ balance of products, for example, by dispensing with lubricants. In a recent study with RWTH Aachen, we were able to prove for the first time how plastic bearings tackle both challenges successfully.

 

That is why, as part of the 12th manus award, we are especially interested in finding out how the use of these bearings affects your company.

  • What technical problems were you able to solve by using plastic bearings?
  • How did polymer bearings improve the sustainability of your application?
  • What effects will the change have on costs?
manus award ceremony

Sequence

You have the opportunity to submit your application for the manus award until 17th January 2025.
 

Jury session

The jury will meet on 19th February to vote on the winners of the manus® 2025. The selection is based on five categories: idea, function of the plain bearing, savings, effect and differentiation.
 

Award ceremony

The date of the award ceremony will be announced in good time. All award winners will be informed in advance.

This is what you can win:

All winners can look forward to prize money, a manus trophy and a marketing package worth €10,000. The in-house igus agency will produce a user report in an industry medium (DACH and international) and professional video material of the application.

 
manus gold

The golden manus

Prize money of €5,000
manus silver

The silver manus

Prize money of €2,500
manus bronze

The bronze manus

Prize money of €1,000
manus sustainability

The green manus

Prize money of €3,000

The jury of experts


 
Birk
Martina Birk

Head of Sustainability, Krones AG
 
Hubertus von Monschaw
Hubertus von Monschaw

Global Director Hannover Messe, Deutsche Messe
Alexander Gölz
Alexander Gölz

Editor in Chief, Industrieanzeiger
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Boos MBA
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Boos MBA 

Managing Partner, WBA Aachener Werkzeugbau Akademie GmbH
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Peter Krug
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Peter Krug 

Managing Director, Institut für Fahrzeugtechnik (IFK) Technische Hochschule Köln
Paul J. Heney
Paul J. Heney 

Editor in Chief, WTWH Media
Andreas Gebhard
Dr.-Ing. Andreas Gebhard

Leibniz-Institut für Verbundwerkstoffe GmbH
Tobias Vogel
Tobias Vogel

CEO Plain Bearings & Linear Technology, igus GmbH

Register now for the manus 2025

Seize the chance to win up to €5,000, a manus trophy and a marketing package worth €10,000.
Participate now and win!

2023 manus award winners


Gold manus 2023

To deliver liquid nitrogen fertiliser to the field, US-based J&M Manufacturing develops what it calls a para-linkage coulter. To keep the coulter maintenance-free and, even more importantly, to prevent lubricants from getting into the soil, J&M Manufacturing uses iglidur plain bearings.
 
Find out more about the winner of the golden manus

Silver manus 2023

People who work with high-pressure cleaners in industry know the problem: the devices are often so heavy that back pain is inevitable. Aufratech provides relief. The French company has developed EXO N, an exoskeleton for high-pressure cleaning tool users. The device uses iglidur plain bearings and drylin linear technology.
 
Find out more about the winner of the silver manus

Bronze manus 2023

Fiedler Maschinenbau und Technikvertrieb GmbH makes high-pressure cleaners for municipal vehicles that clean dirty streets, walkways and squares. It uses side nozzles, a middle section and electronically switchable high-pressure underfloor nozzles with high water pressure. What makes it special is that the high-pressure cleaner's working area can be changed at the touch of a button. To achieve this, Fiedler uses drylin linear technology.
 
Find out more about the winner of the bronze manus award

2023 green manus

No more lubricating: for balers, loader wagons, manure spreaders, tippers and field sprayers, ROCKINGER Agriculture GmbH develops a ball coupling called KS80 using a high-performance plastic from the iglidur series that igus developed specifically for the company. The coupling consists of a coupling ball and claw installed in the height adjustment system.
 
Find out more about the winner of the green manus
manus® catalogue 2021

The highlights of the last manus award

We received numerous entries from around the world for the last manus competition. You can take a look at the highlights in our online catalogue.

 
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