Cleaning technology

Overview

For cleaning purposes, mainly plain bearings but also stainless steel shafts and drylin linear bearings from our product portfolio are used for the support of bottles in the washing chain, the automated unscrewing and emptying of bottles or in the lifting station. Here, dependence is placed on components that work reliably and at the same time without the use of lubricants, despite continual cleaning.

Used products and application examples

In the following, six important stations are shown, from the feeding of the bottles into the cleaning process via the lifting station to the transfer area of the beverage containers. On the right, there is a link to the user report regarding a modern washing system for kegs - the Innokeg AF-C Transversal from KHS.

Overview

1. Keg handling

2. Bottle washing machines

3. Bottle unscrewing and emptying

4. Bottle rinser

5. Transfer wheels / Rinsing

With Innokeg AF-C Transversal, KHS has developed an extremely flexible cleaning and filling system for kegs.

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1. Keg handling

A drylin ZLW linear axis conveys the bottles or kegs to the subsequent stations. It is characterised by its excellent robustness even under heavy weight loads.

2. Bottle washing machines

In the washing chain, the bottles are mounted on iglidur J plain bearings in such a way that they can be pivoted.

3. Bottle unscrewing and bottle emptying

Here plain bearings made of iglidur J are used together with precision stainless steel shafts and linear bearing drylin RJUM, with linear liner JUM-01 to optimise the running performance.

4. Bottle rinser

iglidur J plain bearings are used for the bottle gripper. iglidur J plain bearings enable pivoting and are used as spray pipe bearings.

5. Transfer wheel / Rinsing

iglidur J plain bearings have been fitted here as bearings for the main shaft to facilitate transfer wheel rotation and as bearings for the gripper jaws.

Application examples of our customers

Injection-moulded clamping star wheel in bottling plant

The MultiGuide Base from Krones makes changing sets superfluous. The clamps and rollers are special parts while the plain bearings are made of iglidur X.

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