GGB tribological solutions move the industrial world one step closer to the future. Our products are used in tens of thousands of critical applications every day—around the planet. Our goal is to provide reliable, maintenance-free surface solutions for almost any application—no matter where those demands take our products.
GGB's diverse polymer coating solutions encompass some of the most state-of-the-art coating technologies available. Our TriboShield® product line includes seven standard formulations that cover the full spectrum of mechanical, thermal and chemical capabilities offered by today's coating materials. They can also be applied to nearly any surface, regardless of shape or material, making their potential almost endless. And when it comes to working with and enhancing the performance of your existing bearing and polymer coatings solutions, our TriboMate product line is specifically designed to be paired up— all leading to enhanced performance.
The excellent low friction and high wear resistance performance of GGB metal-polymer bearings make them ideal for hundreds of applications in numerous and diverse industries. Depending upon application requirements, metal-polymer composite bearings can be produced in many shapes and sizes.
GGB's Engineered Plastic Polymer bearings provide excellent wear resistance and low friction in both dry and lubricated operating conditions over a wide range of applications. Engineered plastic bearings are made from thermoplastic bearing material processed by injection moulding. This production method enables us to produce unlimited dimensions in accordance to our standard, and also parts with special designs and features.
GGB's Fiber Reinforced Composite products typically consists of a filament-wound, fiberglass-impregnated, epoxy backing with a variety of low-friction wear-resistant bearing linings. These self-lubricating fiber reinforced composite bearings are particularly effective in applications where the relative motion is not sufficient to promote circulation of the oil or grease used with more conventional bearings. GGB Fiber Reinforced Composite bearings are available as bushes, plates, bearing segments and special forms, depending on the particular material type.
Bimetal and metal bearings offer excellent corrosion resistance in industrial outdoor applications and in water, marine and offshore environments. GGB offers a broad range of sizes, forms and materials in monometallic and bimetallic bearings.
Engineered as a solution to conquer misalignment reduction when high demands are placed on bearings, GGB's UNI, MINI and EXALIGN® self-aligning shaft bearing assemblies offer improved equipment performance under standard bearing assemblies by reducing stress and friction. Offering superior performance in a wide variety of applications, GGB's self-aligning assemblies are available in both standard and custom configurations.
GGB has been putting the world in motion for over 120 years with industry-leading tribological bearings, coatings and assemblies. From Polymer Coatings and Metal-Polymer bearings to Fiber Reinforced Composite bearings and self-aligning shaft bearing assemblies, our solutions are specifically designed to reduce friction and optimize performance and durability.
Tribology is the science of wear, friction and lubrication, and encompasses how interacting surfaces and other tribo-elements behave in relative motion in natural and artificial systems. This includes bearing design and lubrication.
GGB’s TriboU is intended to provide the working engineer, who may or may not be a user of GGB’s surface engineered solutions, to understand and implement basic tribological concepts in the design, manufacture and use of industrial equipment.
At GGB, we aren’t afraid to take risks for our customers. We are passionate about the work we do and believe that same passion contributes to the level of innovation that can enhance human potential. We take pride in working closely with customers in the early stage of a design to think broadly and boldly, and to expand beyond traditional surface engineered solutions. We offer reliable partnerships based on trust, compassion, determination, collaboration and respect.
GGB seeks out collaborative, long-term relationships with each one of our customers. Our diverse expertise gives us a deep understanding of the challenges you face. When you partner with us early, our GGB engineering team is able to review your assemblies and make sure both the bearing and surrounding components are optimized for performance and cost-effectiveness.
Hundreds of years of industrial revolution has brought an increasing demand for production automation. The development of industrial robots were born to support the heavy, dangerous, and monotonous tasks. Developers were able to create more complex motions allowing new applications such as welding, grinding, deburring, and assembly. Stepping in the 5th revolution ‘5.0’. Industrial automation facing new challenges in an industry collaborating with human beings.
GGB is continually collaborating with partners and customers in the robotic and automation industry, with a growing understanding of the applicable surface engineering solutions. The omnidirectional movements in robots, co-bots and automation applications presents many surfaces and materials in contact. GGB's material success in robotic and automation is built on collaborative innovation in material science, designing and co-developing solutions for our customer's most unique applications.
Although some industries have used robots for years, such as automotive, some industries have only recently begun to scratch the surface. In recent years, robotics has seen a surge and manufacturers are working with various industry leaders to analyze the needs of these fast growing markets to collaborate on use cases where robots and co-bots would be a major beneficial to the end users.
Many challenges in the life sciences sector pre-dated the covid-19 pandemic but were quickly accelerated by the unprecedented circumstances with an increased demand for greater efficiency and productivity, along with a need to minimize time spent on repetitive tasks. In response labs are increasing the implementation of robots and automated systems in place. Robots are convenient in variety of uses within this industry; from testing machines, manufacturing new medical devices, sorting of specimens and more.
In the food and consumer goods industry, robots are useful in various areas from manufacturing to packaging, logistics, and more. Robotics and automation systems are ideal solutions in response to increasing demands on the industry for shorter turnaround times as consumers expect and demand products faster.
In the agricultural world, a farmers daily tasks can be extremely labor intensive, physically demanding, and repetitive. The deployment of robots in farming is easing this burden on farmers in applications for harvesting, picking, dairy, spraying and more.
The automotive industry has been a user of robots since the 1960s, with the first industrial robot, UNIMATE, deployed in a GM manufacturing plant in 1962. Through the years, the industry continued to employ robots in applications such as welding, assembly, painting machining, internal logistics and more. As cars continue to become more complex machines, opportunities for new areas of robot adoption rise.
The healthcare industry have always been working with cutting-edge technology, so it makes sense to see robots being deployed in various areas across the field. As robots transform the medical field from how surgeries are performed to streamlining hospital logistics and even outpatient care, it's expected to continue to see new opportunities for use.
Textiles
The textile industry began utilizing automation and robotics over two centuries ago but in recent years, technological developments have allowed the industry to progressively adopt automation into the manufacturing processes. Robotics and automation provide the textile industry with the benefits of labor savings, reduced cycle times, improved part quality, improved safety and increased productivity and efficiency. As robots expand in the textile industry we will see them adopted for use in automated sewing and cutting, 3D fiber structure printing, testing fibers and dyes, and more applications.
With more industries to come.
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