Dosing and filling

From container sorting up to the dosing station and filling technology

Regardless of the system station: igus offers a modular construction kit consisting of linear and rotary bearing technology that meets all requirements:

For example, linear bearings in conveyor technology enable precise positioning when feeding containers.
Lubrication-free plain and spherical bearings are used, for example, in the linear stroke for separating containers, in the bearings of lead screws, in the flap opening mechanism of multi-head weighers or in the dosing unit.
Lead screw modules with high static load capacity perform their service in combination with linear bearings and guide carriages when adjusting the filling arm.
And energy chains for cable guidance are used when the safe height adjustment of filling stations must be ensured.

About the individual stations and used materials

Dosing systems

Dosing stations constitute a single module within an overall system that can be individually assembled as in a modular system. They are therefore usually considered together with other stations from container sorting to filling and lid sorting.

Used products and application examples

As an example the miromatic mixing and filling plant from Michael Rothdach GmbH clearly shows not only the dosing station but also the upstream and downstream sections. Above all, these are container sorting, filling station and lid sorting. Different igus product solutions are installed here.

Filling systems

At the centre of the filling station is the filling arm, which precisely fills containers such as pails, canisters or hobbocks with different contents and in a wide variety of sectors.
Filling systems or filling stations often constitute modular individual sections of a larger packaging line. Other process steps such as container feed are directly upstream of it.

Used products and application examples

Since a wide variety of tasks are combined in the filling system, from container feed to dosing and filling, a diverse range of machine components such as bearing systems, lead screws or even energy chains are used here.
Using the example of a filling line from Fricke Abfülltechnik GmbH & Co. KG, three sections and the product solutions used there are shown.

Further application examples of our customers