igus launches the 8th manus awards

East Providence, Rhode Island – Plastics expert igus is launching its 8th manus award competition, The application phase for the 2017 manus competition is now underway, continuing through February 24, 207, and awards of up to 5,000 euros will be presented at April’s Hanover Trade Show in Germany.

Plastic bearings perform millions of cycles in the most inconspicuous places, garnering very little attention. To counteract this, the manus competition was first introduced in 2003. The last manus competition saw more than 460 entries from more than 30 countries, ranging from 3D printing machines, medical devices, robotic applications, and many more.

Participants are invited to enter their application online with a short description, along with photos and videos of the application in action. The only requirement of the awards application is that at least one completed prototype of the proposed application must exist.

According to Nicole Lang, product manager for iglide bearings at igus, “We want to support innovation, and award bold applications, regardless of industry.”

Enter the competition, see past winners, and many more exciting application examples at www.igus.com/manus

About igus
igus develops industry-leading energy chain cable carriers, chainflex continuous-flex cables, drylin linear bearings and linear guides, iglide plastic bushings, and igubal spherical bearings. These seemingly unrelated products are linked together through a belief in making functionally advanced, yet affordable plastic components and assemblies. With plastic bearing experience since 1964, cable carrier experience since 1971 and continuous-flex cables since 1989, igus provides the right solution from over 100,000 products available from stock.

Source: igus