igus wins 2014 Leadership in Engineering Award

East Providence, R.I.-based igus® Inc., a manufacturer of motion plastics, has been named the winner of the annual Leadership in Engineering Award in the mechanical engineering category, presented by Design World magazine and its online community, Design World Online.

The company uses its plastic blends in its cable carriers, plastic bushings, spherical bearings, linear bearings, guides, and slide tables. The firm develops new plastic compounds each year for use in its iglide bearings. More than 7,000 tests are conducted on each material to analyze tribological properties and wear resistance, and all results are placed into an extensive material database. Using this data, engineers can offer a precise prediction of the lifetime for an iglide bearing in nearly any given application.