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April 27th 2006 igus UK is running its Manus Plastic Plain Bearing Design Contest again this year with cash prizes of £2,500, £1,000 and £500 for the winners.
The concept is to promote new and original ways of using plastic bearings – and reward those using them in innovative or demanding applications. Any organisation optimising any brand of plastic plain bearing in new or existing applications may enter. Bearings must be all plastic or plastic compound – NOT plastic coated.
Judged by such luminaries as John Hetherington, Professor of Engineering Design at Cranfield University, Andy Pye, managing editor of Pro-Talk and Matthew Aldridge, Bearing product director at igus UK, the panel will decide which applications demonstrate the most creativity, technical advancement and economic impact.
To enter, participants must submit a short description of how they are using plastic bearings, which bearings they are using and pictures, or a technical drawing of the application. Participants should also detail what benefits, such as technical advancements, cost savings, or increased life span, resulted from using plastic bearings.
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