Motion plastics for the food industry
Our high-performance polymers for the food industry are lubrication-free and can be sterilised with hot steam and cleaned with chemical substances. They fulfil essential requirements for use in food processing machines and food production processes. The blue colouring makes them easy to detect and in addition, they offer all the typical igus® advantages such as:
- FDA-compliant polymers and certification according to EU regulation 10/2011
- No lubrication, no product contamination
- Temperature-resistant and corrosion-free
- Low moisture absorption
- Resistance to chemicals, acids, alkaline and alcoholic cleaning media
- Maintenance-free
- High wear resistance
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Selected motion plastics for the food industry
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iglidur® A181 plain bearings
- Compliant with FDA and EU regulations
- Good media-resistance
- Universal installation
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iglidur® A350 bar stock
- FDA-compliant
- For use with temperatures up to +180 °C
- Lubrication and maintenance-free
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Linear modules SLW
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- Stainless-steel version and corrosion-free
- Dirt-resistant
- Clean & hygienic
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chainflex®
- Small bend radius
- Cost-effective, long-life cables
- Hydrolysis and microbe resistant
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readycable®
- Pre-harnessed cables
- Dispatched within 24 hours
- Accourding to manufactures specifications
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Format adjustments in the food industry
Manual
Linear guides with manual clamp for quick and easy adjustment tasksLearn more now
Propelled
Linear axes driven by hand wheel for demanding and precise positioningLearn more now
Automation
Linear axes with motor and control system for efficient and synchronised format adjustmentsLearn more now
Application examples of our customers
Impact huller for grain products
Abrasive dust and grain husks are an extreme load for the components in impact hullers in the food industry. The designers therefore turned to drylin® fixed flange bearings to reduce downtime, minimise operating costs and also improve the technology.
Streckel & Schrader GmbH & Co. KG
Streckel & Schrader GmbH & Co. KG
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Fully automatic multihead weighers
FDA-compliance and without any lubrication
iglidur® plain bearings and drylin® R linear guides are used in multihead weighers of the company Atoma GmbH. The components used are lubrication-free and insensitive to very thorough cleaning processes in food production.
Atoma GmbH
Atoma GmbH
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Waffle baking machines
Stability and long service life
The company Walterwerk has been relying on lubrication-free bearing technology from igus® for many years. It is suitable for use in adverse ambient conditions, where machines are regular cleaned with aggressive media.
Walterwerk Kiel GmbH & Co. KG
Walterwerk Kiel GmbH & Co. KG
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Sausage cutting machine
Reduce maintenance intervals and lower costs
drylin® linear guides, trapezoidal lead screws and igubal® flange bearings from igus® are used extremely precisely in sausage cutting machines of Singer & Sohn and, in contrast to needle bearings, are characterised by robustness, ease of cleaning and resistance to chemicals.
Singer & Sohn GmbH
Singer & Sohn GmbH
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Cutting machines
Successful cooperation for more than 20 years
In cutting machines of the company Treif, speed and acceleration play an important role. Corrosion-resistant drylin® linear beings and drylin® shafts are used.
Treif Maschinenbau GmbH
Treif Maschinenbau GmbH
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... or simple format adjustment with drygear® Apiro.
Our Apiro gearboxes enable easy format adjustment because they are modular, can be quickly retrofitted into existing systems and are cost-effective. In this way, time and costs can be saved.Find out everything about Apiro drygear
Related industries
FDA and EU-10/2011-compliant
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The Packaging industry
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