Lubrication-free bearings and reliable cable protection for wheelchairs

As wheelchairs have to be used both indoors and outdoors on a daily basis, manufacturers are faced with a particularly wide range of requirements. High forces, severe weather conditions, dirt and dust are just a few of the challenges that our bearing products and energy chain can help with.
Whether as plain bearings in wheelchair suspension or support rollers, linear guides for arm and footrests or rod ends for track rods. Our products and materials enable high damping capacity, low friction and wear values, maintenance- and lubrication-free operation and stick-slip-free movements for a good feeling of comfort.

Electric lift lever adjustment

zipper e-chain®

Lightning-fast opening and closing
Small pitch for quiet, smooth operation
Good cable routing prevents jamming
Lightweight

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Height adjustment of footrest

Robust linear guide

100% maintenance and lubrication-free
Resistant to dirt and moisture
Wear-resistant
Very quiet running

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Armrest extension

Flat linear guide

Light and flat
Maintenance and lubrication-free
No noise development

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Active back adjustment

Robust linear guide

100% maintenance and lubrication-free
Resistant to dirt and moisture
Wear-resistant
Very quiet running

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Back adjustment for abrasion protection

Back adjustment and igubal double joints

Double spherical plain bearing

100% maintenance and lubrication-free
Resistant to dirt and moisture
Easy to install
Wide range of variants & Flexible lengths

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Operating element

Spherical plain bearing

Swivelling and pointing with one element
Maintenance and lubrication-free
Very good vibration dampening
Robust, insensitive to moisture

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Height/depth adjustment of headrest

cost-effective plain bearing

Low-cost material for high volume
Easily adjustable
Good coefficient of friction
Low backlash

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Steering fork bearing

Heavy-duty plain bearings

Radially and axially preloaded plain bearings
Completely clearance-free in the unloaded state
Ideal for unclogging "" the bearing position
Dirt-resistant

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Front wheel drive train

Light gear in the planetary gearbox

Low coefficient of friction
Low moisture absorption
Quiet and lightweight
Customised production: injection-moulded, 3D-printed, turned or milled

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Free sample box for medical technology

Test for yourself our energy supply systems and storage technology for medical technology that will reduce your tech up and costs.

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Successful applications in wheelchairs

Fail-safe 3D seat module

The "CoSeat" makes sitting in an electric wheelchair three-dimensional and highly dynamic. The complex mechatronics could be realised economically with maintenance-free and fail-safe iglidur® plain bearing systems.

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linear guide for power wheelchairs

Our plain bearings have been used in Motion Solutions GmbH's rehabilitation equipment and wheelchairs for over 10 years. The plain bearings do not need to be lubricated and are ideally suited for outdoor use.

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Further success stories

Discover in this selection of further application examples in which wheelchairs our bearing technology and energy chain systems are still being used successfully.

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