When it comes to precision cutting applications, the quality of components used can significantly impact the accuracy, efficiency, and longevity of the cutting process. Among these components, sliding strips, self-lubricating wear plates, and bushing housings play a crucial role.

Sliding strips, often made of high-grade materials like stainless steel or hardened alloys, provide a smooth and consistent surface for the cutting tool to slide against. They are designed to minimize friction and wear, ensuring precise and repeatable cuts.

Self-lubricating wear plates are an innovative solution for reducing friction and wear in cutting applications. These plates are typically embedded with solid lubricants that release lubricating oils or greases during operation, creating a lubricating film between the sliding surfaces. This film helps reduce friction, heat generation, and wear, improving the overall performance of the cutting tool.

Bushing housings, also known as bearing blocks, house the bushings or bearings that support the rotating components in a cutting machine. These housings are precision-manufactured to ensure accurate alignment and stability of the bushings. They often feature hardened surfaces and wear-resistant materials to ensure long-term durability and performance.

In precision cutting applications, the combination of sliding strips, self-lubricating wear plates, and bushing housings can significantly enhance the cutting process. By reducing friction, wear, and heat generation, these components help maintain the accuracy and efficiency of the cutting tool over extended periods of operation.

It's essential to select components that are specifically designed for precision cutting applications and are manufactured to the highest quality standards. With the right combination of sliding strips, self-lubricating wear plates, and bushing housings, you can ensure your cutting process is as precise, efficient, and reliable as possible.

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Special productions made from VIIPLUS strips are manufactured using precision cutting and sheet metal working. A wide range of different shapes and dimensions can be manufactured from VIIPLUS materials, for example:

1.thrust washers in special dimensions

2.thrust washers with complex geometries

3.thrust washers with any inside diameter and any outside diameter up to 230 mm

4.thrust washers in other designs such as counterbores, notches or lugs

5.half-washers and washer segments

6.strip cuts

7.other strip designs, e.g. with notches or groove

8.slide path coverings

Special productions made from VIIPLUS strips are used in hydraulic applications and compressors, for example.

Other special parts made from VIIPLUS  strips

• bent parts, e.g. angles, half-shells, U-profiles, rails

• bearing shells

• spherical sliding elements

• half-shells with side elements (welding ensures firm substance-to-substance bond)

• drawing parts, customer-specific components

Advantages of special productions made from VIIPLUS sliding strips