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Ball bearings
Lubrication-Free Plastic Ball Bearings for Clean, Quiet, and Corrosion-Resistant Performance
igus® plastic ball bearings offer a high-performance alternative to traditional metal bearings, requiring no lubrication and delivering quiet, corrosion-resistant operation. Their advanced design—featuring a blend of base polymers, solid lubricants, fibers, and filaments—ensures long-lasting durability and smooth motion, even in demanding environments. These bearings are lightweight, non-magnetic, and resistant to chemicals, making them ideal for industries such as medical technology, food processing, and packaging. Available with glass, plastic, or stainless steel balls, igus® xiros® bearings provide reliable performance while reducing maintenance costs and contamination risks. Perfect for applications where cleanliness, weight reduction, and efficiency are key.
Our ball bearing range
All bearing types
Browse and shop all igus® bearings
igus® manufacture and supply many variations of lubrication-free bearings, ensuring we can offer the right bearings for your application. These bearing types include:
- plain bearings
- spherical bearings
- ball bearings
- slewing ring bearings
- linear bearings
- bespoke bearings
What advantages do our plastic ball bearings offer?
How do I request my customised special part?
We know that it can't always be the catalogue part.
We therefore offer a service for customised ball bearing special parts that deviates from the DIN standard for your individual application. From the idea to the solution: endless possibilities thanks to xiros®.
FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions
Ball bearings belong to the family of rolling bearings. Moving between an inner ring and an outer ring, rolling bodies reduce rotational friction and absorb radial and axial loads. Because the balls roll, they have a much smaller coefficient of friction than two flat surfaces that slide against each other. Due to the smaller contact surface between balls and rings, the ball bearings tend to have a lower load capacity for their size than other kinds of rolling bearings.
Ball bearings are used to reduce rotational friction in many applications and industries, such as labelling machines, food and packaging, conveyors and high speed applications.
xiros® plastic ball bearings are lubrication and maintenance-free. They are lightweight, corrosion resistant and have a high media resistance.
Technical information about ball bearings
In this section we answer some general questions about ball bearings and our plastic ball bearings. Among other things, the following topics await you:
- What is the structure?
- When should I change my ball bearing?
- Information and test reports from the test laboratory
- How do I mount ball bearings?
- Installation and measurement recommendations
- Free white paper for download
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