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Rollix

The story of a brand made to last

Rollix, the slewing ring expert

Rollix is a world class manufacturer, specialising in slewing rings since 1969. Rollix has been developing its expertise for many years on an international scale, and now exports 95 % of its production to more than 65 countries around the world on all five continents.

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Origins of Rollix

Rollix is a world class manufacturer, specialising in slewing rings since 1969. Rollix has been developing its expertise for many years on an international scale, and now exports 95 % of its production to more than 65 countries around the world on all five continents.

 

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Rollix and its historical know-how in slewing rings

With more than one million rings manufactured and sold worldwide since 1969, Rollix has established itself as the technological partner of reference in numerous markets such as subway and tramway applications, forestry, machine tools, marine and medical applications. With a 21% share of the world market, Rollix is the historical leader in wind turbine blade rings installed on land or at sea.

Our Rollix products

We design and manufacture slewing rings and special bearings from 100 to 6,000 mm in diameter, with or without gear. Rollix’s design and engineering departments offer innovative and customised solutions to meet your specific needs. Our unique state-of-the-art calculation tools and finite element models are correlated with the tests performed on our test benches, and allow us to precisely meet the requirements of our customers.

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Rollix process

State-of-the-art process: 

  • Grinding: We offer enhanced reliability and accuracy over the entire lifespan of your application, with our unique grinding process for the raceway, and systematic pairing of the 2 rings with the different classes of balls or rollers allowing to pre-load our slewing rings. Rollix’s expertise in grinding allows to pair large diameter bearings to +/- 5 microns.
  • Sealing: Our unique and patented sealing designs, combined with grinding and use of specific greases, have allowed us to create our “Evolution” range of life greased slewing ring, perfectly meeting the requirements for reducing the total cost of the product over its service life and respecting the environment.
  • Our R&D: Each function of the slewing ring is tested and validated on our benches. Our unique wind power bench is capable of testing wind turbines of over 20 MW. The feedback provided allows us to model our unrivalled calculation tool.

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Rollix e-shop

Rollix has its own web platform with more than 300 references for slewing rings. This e-commerce platform allows our users, both buyers or engineers, to benefit from many advantages:

  • Immediate access to the product configurator, prices and availability of products in stock.
  • Personal space to store your documents and track your orders.
  • Download of 2D and 3D drawings and maintenance manual.
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Discover our catalogue of slewing rings

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Rollix and its position in many different markets

Rollix, world leader in the design and manufacture of slewing rings in the following sectors:

Rollix distributors around the world

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FAQ

Rollix products

Rollix Compact CB slewing rings are designed to be interchangeable with standard products on the market, making them easy to integrate or replace in high-precision applications (robotics, indexing tables, machine tools, etc.). For further information, please consult the full Rollix slewing ring catalogue in the media library on our website.

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You can indeed obtain a quote for a single unit. To obtain the price of a bearing or a slewing ring, you can visit our online shop (b2b.defontaine.com) or contact our sales teams directly at sales@rollix.com or via the contact form on our website https://www.defontaine.com/en/contact/

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The Defontaine Group has an online shop for the sale of standard Rollix products. Our e-shop is https://b2b.defontaine.com/

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To find out if we have a distributor in your country, you can contact us via our online form at https://www.defontaine.com/en/contact/ or by email: for the Rollix brand, send an email to sales@rollix.com and for the Defontaine brand to sales@defontaine.com .

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We naturally offer custom-made slewing rings and bearings. To arrange this, please contact our sales team, who will liaise with our design office.

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Rollix offers high-precision slewing rings https://www.defontaine.com/en/our-markets/machine-tool/ for applications such as rotary tables, machine tools and robots, as well as for wind turbines https://www.defontaine.com/en/our-markets/wind-energy/ with large-sized slewing rings, and for the marine market https://www.defontaine.com/en/our-markets/marine/ including wind assisted propulsion systems.

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To obtain a quote for a bearing or slewing ring, please visit our online shop (b2b.defontaine.com) or contact our sales teams directly at sales@rollix.com or via the contact form on our website https://www.defontaine.com/en/contact/

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Please follow the slewing ring selection procedure as outlined in the document “6-step process for selecting a slewing ring”, which can be downloaded from the media library section of our website.

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To request a quote for an HD-R slewing ring, please contact our sales team at sales@rollix.com or via the contact form on our website https://www.defontaine.com/en/contact/

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All ring part numbers are listed and categorised by family: standard ball bearings, light-series ball bearings, standard crossed-roller bearings, precision bearings and special-purpose bearings. All part numbers are listed in the slewing ring catalogue, which can be downloaded from the media library on our website.

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Light-series ball slewing rings can be manufactured from L-shaped profiles or solid sections. There are three classes of clearance accuracy for each type of slewing ring. These slewing rings are not suitable for suspended loads.

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Typically 5 to 30% less fuel, depending on the vessel, route, technology and operation.

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To provide a quote, if the item is a standard part listed in our catalogue, our sales teams will need the part number, the quantities required, and the Incoterm associated with your request. Our standard items can also be ordered directly via our online shop (https://b2b.defontaine.com/). If you would like our engineering teams to assist you in defining and designing a bespoke slewing ring, you will need to complete our IT ETR form (available to download from the media library on our website).

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To understand the differences, please refer to our coding system in our brochure ‘Slewing Ring Families’, which can be downloaded from the media library on our website.

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Most observed cases range between 3 and 7 years.

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Rollix offers solutions for wind-assisted propulsion. Wind-assisted propulsion is a propulsion aid that harnesses the wind using various technologies (rigid sails, wings, Flettner rotors, kites) to reduce fuel consumption and emissions. Find out more: https://www.defontaine.com/en/our-markets/wind-assisted-propulsion/

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We manufacture slewing rings and bearings with an average diameter ranging from 150 mm to 6200 mm.

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Rollix manufactures preloaded slewing rings with crossed rollers, or with two or three rows of rollers. Rollix also offers preloaded or reduced-preload slewing rings with single-row or double-row ball bearings.

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Slewing rings are classified into several main categories based on the rolling element, geometry and level of precision.
1. Ball slewing rings
Rollix offers several variants of ball slewing rings, designed for standard applications involving moderate to high loads.
• Single row of balls
Compact slewing rings, suitable for moderate loads and where space is limited.
• Double row of balls
Higher load capacity than the single row; used for more demanding machinery.
• Light series (L-shaped profiles or solid rings)
Designed for applications requiring weight reduction.
2. Crossed-roller rings
Crossed rollers provide high rigidity and a high load capacity, particularly for combined loads.
• Single row of crossed rollers
Capable of withstanding axial and radial loads in compact applications.
• Double row of crossed rollers
Even greater rigidity and capacity, used in cranes, wind turbines, forestry equipment, etc.
3. High-precision rings
Rollix offers ranges specially optimised for high-precision applications, such as robotics or indexing tables.
• Compact range
Very high positioning accuracy, available in a wide range of diameters (148 mm to over 2,400 mm).
• Compact Light
A lighter version of the Compact range, still designed for high precision.
4. ‘Compact CB’ slewing rings
Although the term ‘CB’ is not explicitly mentioned in the PDF, it generally refers to the Compact / Compact Light range, designed for applications requiring minimal space and superior precision.
5. Other complementary ranges:
• Three-row roller slewing rings
Slewing rings for extreme loads (offshore cranes, mining machinery).
• Hybrid slewing rings / thin sections
Alternatives combining bearings and slewing rings, for severe space constraints.
For further information, please consult the complete Rollix slewing ring catalogue in the media library on our website https://www.defontaine.com/en/media-library/

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Standard Rollix products can be purchased via our online shop https://b2b.defontaine.com/. You can also contact our sales team at sales@rollix.com or via our online form at https://www.defontaine.com/en/contact/. Our sales team will be able to put you in touch with the distributor in your area.

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The Rollix product catalogue, like all Rollix marketing materials, can be downloaded from the website: https://www.defontaine.com/en/media-library/. https://www.defontaine.com/mediatheque/.

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All our marketing materials can be downloaded from the website: https://www.defontaine.com/en/media-library/

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The slewing rings in the light-series range are the most economical.

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Our prices can be viewed on our online shop (https://b2b.defontaine.com/) or by sending your enquiry directly to our sales teams at sales@rollix.com or via the contact form on our websitehttps://www.defontaine.com/en/contact/

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Rollix documentation

All our catalogues, brochures, installation manuals and technical data sheets can be downloaded from the media library on our website: https://www.defontaine.com/en/media-library/

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We have a series of online tutorials on our YouTube channel to help you install and adjust the sprockets on a slewing ring: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfBLMW9HR0pBSVxm4mciTa2wCpmJYhPGN

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Rollix E-shop & distributors

We have slewing rings with external teeth in stock. To order directly, please visit our e-shop: https://b2b.defontaine.com/

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To find a Rollix distributor in your area, please contact our sales department either via the contact form on our website https://www.defontaine.com/contact/ or by email at sales@rollix.com, and we will put you in touch with your nearest distributor.

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Our Rollix e-shop https://b2b.defontaine.com/ allows you to order standard slewing rings directly online and have them delivered in under a week from our stock.

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Rollix services & maintenance

A significant proportion of our offering for the wind power market relates to maintenance and associated services: replacement rings, fasteners, seals and grease containers. On-site services include video inspection, seal replacement and ring inspection. Services carried out at our factories include lubricant analysis, ring retrofitting, root cause analysis and engineering.

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To provide a quotation for a Rollix slewing ring, if it is a standard part listed in our catalogue, our sales teams will need the part number, the quantities required, and the Incoterms associated with your request. Our standard parts can also be ordered directly via our online shop (https://b2b.defontaine.com/). If you would like our engineering teams to assist you in defining and designing a specific slewing ring, you will need to complete our IT ETR form (available for download from the media library on our website).

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Purchasing issues

Yes, the Defontaine Group has machining subcontractors within its supplier network.

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To become a supplier of industrial parts or services, please complete the form on the contact page of our website https://www.defontaine.com/en/contact/ or visit the SRM platform https://app11.jaggaer.com/portals/tksp/login?local=1?

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To become a supplier to the Defontaine Group, you must register on our supplier portal https://app11.jaggaer.com/portals/tksp/login?local=1 or contact us via our contact form https://www.defontaine.com/contact/.

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To register on our supplier platform, please visit: https://app11.jaggaer.com/portals/tksp/login?local=1

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The Defontaine Group does indeed have a dedicated platform for suppliers. To access it: https://app11.jaggaer.com/portals/tksp/login?local=1

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OTD/quality/procurement/technology&innovation/sustainability

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The Supplier Code of Conduct can be downloaded from our website: https://www.defontaine.com/en/media-library/

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For any issues, please contact us via our online contact form: https://www.defontaine.com/en/contact/

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