Avoid breakdowns in agricultural engineering with the smart ball coupling

Prevent breakdowns and planned maintenance. This is no longer a problem with the smart trailer coupling. How does that work? Quite simply, the wear of the bearing is monitored via an integrated sensor. Information will be provided as soon as a replacement is necessary. This minimises the risk of damage and breakdowns.

Ball coupling without lubrication

With the intelligent trailer coupling for agricultural machinery, breakdowns in the agricultural sector can be prevented and maintenance can be planned. The idea is simple but ingenious: a monitoring unit is attached to the coupling and measures the wear of the plain bearing via a sensor that is guided through an existing lubrication nipple hole. This makes it possible to recognise in good time when the bearing needs to be replaced. Expensive failures or damage can thus be avoided. Material costs are also saved as the bearing is only replaced when it is really necessary and not according to a rigid schedule. And as this saves resources, it also has a positive effect on the environment.

Experience the lubrication-free ball coupling in action

Tech up

Lubrication-free at high loads
Use in dirt and weather conditions
Corrosion-free bearing points

Cost down

No downtime for lubrication or corrosion removal

Proof

Successful deployment of a wear insert made of iglidur® high-performance plastic at Rockinger

Sustainability

No use of lubricants

Predictive maintenance successfully realised

i.Cee in practice

Wastewater treatment plants and wastewater operations

Harbour and container cranes

Conveying and bulk handling

Avoid breakdowns, increase service life

i.Cee provides CFL with an estimate of the system's service life, taking into account condition monitoring data such as temperature, travel speed or distance travelled, and provides maintenance and inspection instructions.

Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois (CFL)

Worldwide customer applications

Whether in international automotive production, the global crane industry or in regional wastewater treatment plants: i.Sense EC.P systems are used successfully wherever maintenance costs are saved and machine downtime is prevented:

https://www.igus.de/info/smart-plastics-anwendungsbeispiele

You alone decide how & access the data

Data transfer within your local company network (i.Cee:local) or via the secure cloud (i.Cee:cloud)

i.Cee:local

Your data never leaves your company network, as the i.Cee software only communicates within the networks you specify. The spectrum ranges from an energy chain within a machine to a machine park and its own output interface.

i.Cee:cloud

With this Internet-based solution, the data makes a stopover via i.Cee.net, a so-called data concentrator. The i.Cee.net is located on your site, which means you can stop or adjust the data exchange to the cloud at any time.

Smart machine data acquisition ...

... for predictive maintenance concepts

The i.Cee module offers numerous integration options for predictive maintenance concepts. From preventive service management, which schedules regular maintenance based on usage, to location-independent fault management, which immediately reports any unforeseen changes via various mobile channels. All information is aggregated in a modern dashboard, online or offline in the local network, depending on the customer's requirements.

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