Lubricant-free rail guide for screen adjustment in tractor cockpit

• What was needed: drylin® W profile rail guides
• Requirements: The linear guide system had to be completely free of lubricants so that it could be easily operated by hand in the cockpit. Further requirements were the visual appearance, durability, quiet and smooth gliding as well as smooth and maintenance-free movement
• Industry: Agriculture, agricultural machinery
• Success for the customer: Simple installation, light weight, compatibility with dust

Thanks to the lack of lubrication, the rail can also be touched. We have taken the picture from the YouTube video of "agricultural videos swabia".

In the cockpit of this Deutz Fahr agricultural machine, a linear rail construction was sought as a mount and for the adjustment of screens, which enables simple adjustment by hand. Later, iPads were to be movably attached to this, as well as a second isoBus terminal, which can be used as a second monitor in the Extend solution from Deutz Fahr, for example to duplicate the isoBus terminal.
The central requirements that the system had to fulfil were clear: the rail had to be easy to move by hand, be able to withstand dust, dirt and humidity and also fit in visually with the cockpit of the new 8280 TTV tractor. These specifications must be reliably met, even after years of use by the user.

All requirements could be realised with the drylin® W linear rail system. The product was used to attach a RAM mount system to the inside of the roof.
Today, it allows the driver to easily move the tablet or isoBus terminal forwards and backwards. Even after years of using the tractor. The lubricant-free specification of the self-lubricating drylin® polymer linear bearings is central to this. This means that even the rail can be touched without getting oil or grease on your hands.
Even if it is only a few grams: All cars, lorries and agricultural machinery produce emissions in the form of fuel consumption, for example. Every gram of weight reduces emissions and helps the environment. Of course, the same applies to our freedom from lubricants. Where no lubricants are used, no oil or grease can enter the soil.