New products for a lubrication-free world
Dry-operating polymer bearings save money and increase machine reliability. Lubrication-free and maintenance-free polymer plain bearings also protect the environment:
Worldwide, more than 50% of lubricants are discharged into the environment. (Landesanstalt für Umweltschutz Baden-Württemberg)
The annual worldwide consumption of lubricants (RWTH Aachen) amounts to 37.3 million tons, 18 million of which are discharged into the environment without any safeguards
Costs of failures due to inadequate lubrication: 240 billion dollars in the USA alone (MIT)
The consumption of lubricants in Germany amounts to 1.1 million tons per year in metalworking companies, for the use of various oils for the lubrication of machines and machine elements, as well as hydraulic oils for hydraulically operated equipment (study of operational environmental protection in Baden-Württemberg)