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Press release for LogiMAT 2015/ 16.12.2014 Plastic instead of metal Engineering plastics are lighter and more cost- effective than metals and are often the better alternative. One example is faigle's roller shaft pins manufactured from high-tech plastic for conveyor systems in intralogistics. Using plastic shaft pins results in an 88% weight saving. The once often derided "plastic" has long since become a high-tech material. The development potential of plastic is far from exhausted: it has become increasingly possible to give the material new properties, making it suitable for applications previously reserved solely for metals. Where can plastic replace metal? "A good place to start is products that have been over-engineered. That happens much more frequently than you would think, but in most cases you have to look at possibilities in a little more detail," explains Thomas Decker, Sales Group Manager Components at faigle Kunststoffe GmbH. For example, roller shaft pins in conveyor systems. They are made from steel and are capable of carrying ten times the load capacity of the rollers they support. "A shaft pin made from plastic is perfectly adequate and the obvious better alternative here." While a steel shaft pin weighs about 150 grams, a plastic roller shaft pin from faigle weighs only 18 grams – a weight saving of 88%. Compared to a steel shaft pin, a plastic version is not only lighter, it also costs 50% less. Plastic shaft pins have proven to be much more durable too. We have shown this to be true with engineering calculations as well as a hardness Contacts yes or no Media GmbH faigle Kunststoffe GmbH Claudia Wörner Manuela Boss-Herburger Neue Weinsteige 47–49 Landstr. 31 D-70180 Stuttgart A-6971 Hard Tel. +49 (0) 711/75 85 89 00 Tel. +43 (0) 5574/68 11- 1605 Fax +49 (0) 711/75 85 89 11 Fax +43 (0) 5574/68 11- 1809 Mobile +49 (0) 170/3 10 36 62 Page 1/3 [email protected] [email protected] www.yes-or-no.de www.faigle.com
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Press release for LogiMAT 2015/ 16.12.2014
Plastic instead of metalEngineering plastics are lighter and more cost-effective than metals and are often the better alternative. One example is faigle's roller shaft pins manufactured from high-tech plastic for conveyor systems in intralogistics. Using plastic shaft pins results in an 88% weight saving.
The once often derided "plastic" has long since become a high-tech material. The development potential of plastic is far from exhausted: it has become increasingly possible to give the material new properties, making it suitable for applications previously reserved solely for metals.
Where can plastic replace metal? "A good place to start is products that have been over-engineered. That happens much more frequently than you would think, but in most cases you have to look at possibilities in a little more detail," explains Thomas Decker, Sales Group Manager Components at faigle Kunststoffe GmbH. For example, roller shaft pins in conveyor systems. They are made from steel and are capable of carrying ten times the load capacity of the rollers they support. "A shaft pin made from plastic is perfectly adequate and the obvious better alternative here."
While a steel shaft pin weighs about 150 grams, a plastic roller shaft pin from faigle weighs only 18 grams – a weight saving of 88%. Compared to a steel shaft pin, a plastic version is not only lighter, it also costs 50% less. Plastic shaft pins have proven to be much more durable too. We have shown this to be true with engineering calculations as well as a hardness test: the rollers failed after 24 hours under continuous, very hard impact loading, while the plastic shaft pins were still fully functional and showing no signs of wear.
An 88% weight saving is a lot in intralogistics. The conveyor systems at airports or logistics centres, for example, are often several hundred metres long and have 2-4 rollers per metre. Surplus weight costs money at all stages – first at the time of purchase and then later during operation. Plastic shaft pins can save up to 53 kilos per 100 metres.
faigle is presenting rollers, component assemblies and sliding elements for conveying systems at LogiMAT from 10–12 February 2015. Interested visitors can find full information about faigle products at LogiMAT 2015, Hall 3, Stand 3B37.
The faigle Group employs more than 390 people and achieved a turnover of EUR 61 million in 2013. faigle has a reputation for innovative solutions in the field of technical thermoplastic plastics and successfully combines the values of a traditional family firm with the drive to
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innovate and expand of a market leader in first-class plastic solutions in machinery and plant engineering, particularly in the escalator, conveying systems and railway sectors.
The headquarters of the faigle Group are in Hard in Vorarlberg, Austria. In addition to three companies in Austria, faigle also has branches in China and Switzerland. The proportion of exports is 68 per cent and the main markets are Europe, Asia and the United States.
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8-times lighter than a steel shaft pin: faigle plastic roller shaft pins.
faigle roller shaft pins mounted in a roller bracket: showed no signs of wear in a hardness test.
Often the better alternative: engineering plastics are lighter and more cost-effective than metals.
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Contactsyes or no Media GmbH faigle Kunststoffe GmbHClaudia Wörner Manuela Boss-HerburgerNeue Weinsteige 47–49 Landstr. 31D-70180 Stuttgart A-6971 HardTel. +49 (0) 711/75 85 89 00 Tel. +43 (0) 5574/68 11-1605Fax +49 (0) 711/75 85 89 11 Fax +43 (0) 5574/68 11-1809Mobile +49 (0) 170/3 10 36 62
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