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iglidur® IC coating materials Coating materials iglidur® IC

IC-01: iglidur®
High wear resistance
and resilience in white coatings Order key
iglidur coating is a tribologically optimised
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polymer in powder form that can be applied to Type

electrically conductive components by means of
powder coating. Like all iglidur® materials, iglidur®
IC-02: coating powders are tribologically optimised Options:
High wear resistance and thus offer excellent coefficients of friction  = Available packaging sizes, 1kg,
IC-05
and resilience in black and wear. In this way, you also protect heavily 2kg, 10kg
stressed surfaces from wear - without any

iglidur® coating

Package size
additional components.
● Reduced friction coefficients

Material
● Abrasion-resistant surface
● Self-lubricating due to incorporated solid
IC-03: lubricants
Good wear resistance

When to use it?

Available as powder from stock
● When I'm looking for a simple and flexible
way to reduce friction
IC-04:
● When I want to protect the surface
For high temperatures up
● When I want to avoid additional lubrication
to +300°C Technical data
iglidur® Colour Max. application temperature Part No.
[°C]

IC-05: When not to use it? IC-01 white +90 IC-01-

● If I have an unprotected outdoor application IC-02 black +90 IC-02-
Food approved,
● When I operate an underwater application IC-03 yellow +140 IC-03-
compliant within
● When I need a thick wear layer IC-04 grey +300 IC-04-
FDA and EU10/2011
IC-05 blue +80 IC-05-
IC-06 cream +140 IC-06-
IC-07 turquoise +90 IC-07-

Order example: IC-01-10KG - high-performance polymer iglidur® IC-01 in a 10kg bag

IC-06:
Low coefficient of friction

Available from stock

Detailed information about delivery time online.

IC-07:
High chemical resistance

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Packaging machines Can I carry out the coating myself

with iglidur® materials?
A manufacturer of packaging and processing
Yes, you can also coat your components yourself
machines has reduced frictional resistance,
with our iglidur® materials. In our online shop you
improved rigidity, shortened throughput times
can find different iglidur® coating materials, which
and increased hygiene standards on a series
are available in the pack sizes 1kg, 2kg and 10kg.
of machines by applying an iglidur® IC-05 tribo-
Please also note our processing instructions for the
coating to a sliding carriage.
materials. These can be found in our shop for each
material.
You are welcome to contact our experts if you have
questions regarding the choice of material or coating.

Coated springs for Venetian blinds

What do polymer coatings consist
For this application, springs were coated with of?
an iglidur ® material and used for guidance of
Our iglidur ® coating materials consist of base
the Venetian blinds. The manufacturer faced the
polymers, fillers and solid lubricants. The composition
problem that lubricants do not last as long as
of these components is individual for each of the
the blinds. So he tested springs with an iglidur®
coating materials so that they can be optimised for
IC-02 coating. Although the springs touched the
their specific application area.
aluminium housing in the experiment, the coated
spring outlasted the housing. In addition, no
noise was heard from the springs during the test.
Thanks to the coating, the use of grease can now Which layer thicknesses can be
be completely removed. achieved?
Normally, a layer thickness between 60 and 120µm
with a tolerance of +/- 25µm can be applied.
In special cases, multiple coating up to 500µm
is possible. However, these depend heavily on
geometry and substrate.
Plates for pole mounting
Until now, wear pads made of aluminium and a
POM material have been used in this application
to prevent the wear of two metal components. Are iglidur® coatings corrosion-
Now this customer relies on wear pads coated free?
with iglidur® IC-02 high-performance polymers.
To ensure that the coated plates withstand the The coatings cannot protect a component from
extreme environmental conditions, they have been corrosion. It can therefore happen that corrosion
tested in practice with sand, water and high and forms under the coating and the coating peels
low temperatures. The test results showed that off. You can counteract this with a corrosion-free
the ambient conditions are no problem and the substrate.
metal components do not wear out.

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Powder coating as wear Tribological polymer coating:

protection? – That's how it works! We coat your component for you!
Powder lacquering, also known as powder coating, Send us your metallic component. We will coat it for
can be easily applied to conductive materials by you with our iglidur® high-performance polymers and
means of electrostatic charging. For this purpose, send it back to you.
the component is charged and the powder is applied
using a spray gun in the tribo or corona charging www.igus.eu/coating-requests
process. The powder adheres to the component
and thus builds up a uniform layer. The coating on
the component is then cured by heat. Depending
on the component and material, the dwell time is
5 - 30 minutes. Unlike wet paint, you can use the
component directly after the coating process, as
there is no curing time.

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described as of [08/2022].

The information in this brochure does not constitute a legally binding assurance of certain properties or suitability for a specific purpose.
Due to constant technical refinement, we reserve the right to make technical changes to products at any time. Subject to printing errors.

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transport costs are not included in the price. We recommend that you always check the suitability of the products for a particular purpose
in a practical trial. Contact us for advice.

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