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.
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.
1. Container sorting
iglidur bearing bushings are used in the container sorting. Specifically, plain bearings made of the material iglidur J enable the precise guidance in the linear stroke.
2. Dosing and filling station
The height adjustment of the filling station is implemented in the vertical linear stroke with iglidur plain bearings (iglidur J). One of our plastic energy chains ensures safe cable guidance.
3. Lid sorting
The lid sorting is implemented by drylin R linear guides. These pillow blocks consist of two parts and simplify the installation of the systems.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.
1. Container feed system
2. Filling station
3. Energy supply of moving system parts
2. Filling station
3. Energy supply of moving system parts
1. Container feed system
Concealed guide rails from the drylin W range provide smooth movements in the conveyor system that feeds the containers to the filling station.
2. Filling station
Lubrication-free and low-wear drylin SLW lead screw modules allow safe and easy adjustment of the filling arm. They consist of drylin W profile rails and drylin W pillow blocks.
3. Energy supply of moving plant components
Flexible plastic energy chains reliably transmit energy and signals to the moving plant components.Further application examples of our customers
Cleaning and filling system for kegs
Lubrication-free drylin linear toothed belt axis ensures clean conditions during filling of beer barrelsGo to user report
Bag forming, filling and sealing machine: Hygienic design of the format adjustment
For this vertical bag forming, filling and sealing machine, absolute freedom from maintenance over the entire life cycle of the machines was particularly important to the customer.Go to user report
Plain bearings for packaging machinery
Tribo-optimised polymer bearings for thermo-forming packaging machineryGo to user report
