Successful applications in the packaging industry according to requirements
Aggressive environmental conditions
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Food conformity
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Long service life-continuous operation
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Flexible format adjustments
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Quick, simple assembly
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Aggressive environmental conditions (cleaning, temperature fluctuations, dust, dirt)
Modern packaging systems are confronted with a wide range of requirements, ranging from intensive cleaning processes and severe temperature fluctuations to the addition of dust and dirt in the machine environment. In addition to corrosion-free bearing technology with low moisture absorption, our products for the packaging industry also include high-performance materials for extreme temperatures. Thanks to the lubrication-free function, they work maintenance-free and prove reliable in the following applications, even when powder, adhesive or paraffin is added.
Bearing technology for daily cleaning under superheated steam, high pressure and chemical agents in a filling plant for yoghurt
Since dairy products in particular are very sensitive, these systems from Miromatic for aseptic filling of yoghurt impose the highest hygiene requirements. Our bearing technology is exposed to cleaning (hot steam, high pressure, chemical agents) here at least daily.
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Bearings in a bottling plant using slightly alkaline and acidic solutions, disinfectants, and hot water
This facility folds, glues, fills, sterilises, and seals milk cartons. Bearings must be resistant to disinfectants and high temperatures. This was achieved with drylin linear guides and iglidur plain bearings.
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High-performance bearings for temperature fluctuations from -100°C to +250°C in brewery plants
In brewery plants used in beer production, the bearing components used must meet various requirements, such as a high temperature. For the bearing of the knives for slitting the spent grains, the customer relies on plain bearings made of the FDA-compliant high-temperature material iglidur A500.
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Robust plastic bearings with high humidity and daily cleaning in PET filling line
This retractable star wheel from Krones works close to the germ-free bottler. The bearing bushings, which are sometimes installed in the chamber support, withstand a humidity of between 90 and 100%, temperatures of up to 95°C and aggressive cleaning agents and superheated steam on a daily basis.
Lubrication-free linear bearings work reliably on the inkjet print head despite high powder production
In the area of the inkjet printheads of this packaging unit, powder deposits caused early signs of wear on the linear bearings and lubrication failed. Since then, the linear mounting has been taken over by drylin bearing technology that is completely free of lubrication and maintenance.
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Reliable roller bearings thanks to adhesion-free plain bearings in conveyor technology
When transport rollers are mounted inside this cartoner, the metal rollers stuck together due to the adhesive used for sealing. With the use of plain bearings made of high-performance polymers, this problem became a thing of the past.
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Toothed belt axis for failure-free product transport with high paraffin content in candle packaging systems
A drylin toothed belt axis is responsible for transporting candles in this packaging machine. Since it is completely lubrication-free, the paraffin in the candles has no effect on the conveyor technology. It has been working without downtime for over 4800 hours.
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Food-compliant & hygienic design for direct product contact
The stringent requirements for" hygienic design" in the food and beverage industry are reflected in strict specifications such as the American FDA or the European EC regulation. In these application examples, we meet high industry standards with our completely lubrication-free, easy-to-clean and chemical-resistant bearing products. In direct contact with sausage, ham and cheese products, for example, or when packaging fruit and vegetables, they prevent contamination of sensitive products - and this in continuous operation in highly dynamic systems.
Hygienic special bearings in the linear stroke of the KHS bottling plant's capping units
In beverage bottling, the liners in the linear stroke of this capping unit were completely covered. For even more hygiene, these were replaced with drylin special bearings, which have a special rough structure on the outer and inner walls. That way, the bearings are completely washed as well.
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Hygienic design energy chain in high-performance slicing plants
These meat slicing plants from Schiwa work in the sausage, ham and cheese industry. The guidance of the cables to the grippers that lead the product to the cutting knife were implemented using FDA-compliant energy chains that comply with the manufacturer's demanding hygiene concept.
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Hygienic design energy chain in high-performance slicing plants
Harvest, cut and pack each mushroom by hand? What is not unusual in the mushroom industry is set to change with the semi-automatic harvesting system from Axis Technology. With steam sterilisation at 80°C, TH3 energy chains in hygienic design enable safe cable guidance.
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Lubrication-free knife edge rollers prevent product contamination in conveyor systems for meat products
The bearing technology used here to transport meat was neither lubrication-free nor hygienic. It has therefore been replaced by linear bearings and knife edge rollers, which operate completely lubrication-free and prevent product contamination.
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High-performance bearings for temperature fluctuations from -100°C to +250°C in brewery plants
In brewery plants used in beer production, the bearing components used must meet various requirements, such as a high temperature. For the bearing of the knives for slitting the spent grains, the customer relies on plain bearings made of the FDA-compliant high-temperature material iglidur A500.
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Tailored bearing technology for hygiene-sensitive multihead weighers
Due to the high hygienic standards of the food industry, we have developed a new linear bearing housing for Multipond's multi-head weighing systems. It is resistant to cleaning processes under superheated steam and high pressure as well as aggressive chemicals.
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Long service life under continuous operation and high dynamic loads
Fast, faster, fastest. In the packaging industry, more and more powerful and highly automated systems are in demand, which can meet long service lives in continuous operation, seven days a week. In this outbidding competition, machine performance also stands and falls with bearing technology, which must reliably guarantee the numerous pivoting, pushing or rolling movements at all stations. In these application examples, customers relied on robust, wear-resistant and durable storage technology and energy supply systems in cutting machines, cleaning and filling systems or in conveyor technology.
14,000 hours minimum service life: plain bearings in stretch blow moulding machines from KHS
This double-gate heating system in stretch blow moulding machines for forming bottles uses iglidur J and special plain bearings. They enable the bearing of the mandrels on which the bottles travel through the system at a permanent temperature of 60°C and in continuous operation.
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Universal clamping star wheel with special bearings reduces changeover time and operates continuously
This Krones bottler uses a new injection-moulded clamping star wheel, which reduces changeover time and therefore saves valuable time. This is due to the fact that the grippers are designed for different bottle shapes and sizes. Thanks to the new iglidur X material, the incorporated plain bearings are durable in continuous operation and suitable for dry cleaning.
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Durable and lubrication-free linear bearings for high loads in "high-speed" cutting machines
For this high-performance cutting machine, several plain bearings were tested by the manufacturer for wear and service life over months due to the high dynamics and fast movements. The drylin linear bearings and iglidur plain bearings are sometimes used in the depositing system.
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Reliable in continuous operation: Hygienic bearings in a high-speed bottling plant
This bottling plant for thin to viscous substances works quickly and precisely thanks to numerous bearing products in cup dispensers and filling and dosing, lid application, sealing, and labelling and ejection systems. Up to 4,080 litres can be filled per hour into up to 14,400 cups.
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Plastic rollers in clamp stars double service life, ensure low-wear under continuous operation
Up to 66,000 bottles per hour are transferred through these beverage filling lines, which run continuously. For this high performance range, new two-component plastic rollers were developed for the clamp star, which were able to almost double the service life.
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Wear-resistant plastic knife edge rollers in beverage plants work failure-free worldwide
This all-round packaging line from Krones AG set a new speed record by processing 20 containers more per minute than its predecessor. Very wear-resistant knife edge rollers are used in the belt deflection of the conveyor belts.
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Reliable toothed belt axis in a powerful system for cleaning and filling kegs
The Innokeg AF-C Transversal from KHS can inspect, clean and fill disposable and reusable keg barrels with an output of up to 700 kegs per hour. A two-metre-long toothed belt axis used in conveyor technology ensures reliable transportation over the long term.
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Robust bearing technology for unscrewing and emptying 60,000 bottles per hour
The machines for fully automated uncorking or unscrewing of the caps of returnable bottles from Rink GmbH & Co. KG are subject to heavy use. They work at speeds of up to 60,000 bottles per hour. Linear and rotary bearings assert themselves here in continuous operation.
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Bread packaging machine with high processing cycles: free from broken cables thanks to intelligent sensors
Since this system for cutting and packaging baked goods works with high processing cycles, cable guides and cables had to work very reliably. To prevent cable breaks, the cables are continuously monitored with special sensors.
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High flexibility and plant automation thanks to format adjustments
Highly flexible systems are more in demand than ever in the packaging industry. Format adjustments play an overriding role in the endeavour to design individual machine units such as labellers, filling systems or conveyor units as modularly as possible for easy integration into existing systems. In these success stories, our flexurally resistant linear axes and rail systems have been used for numerous side, height or transverse adjustments in a wide variety of packaging systems: from simple manual adjustment tasks via manual clamp to automated format settings coordinated by motor control system.
Simple and efficient: format adjustment on conveyor belts with modular Apiro gearboxes
Adjust precise formats to quickly convert conveyor belts for different packaging sizes. The I.B. Srl company was faced with the automation of its conveyor technology. Today the company relies on Apiro gearboxes in combination with drylin linear modules and motorised carriages. They enable 100% maintenance-free and lubrication-free adjustment.
Torsion-resistant double shaft profiles for format adjustment in Krones inspection technology
Krones testing systems, such as the Linatronic 735, rely on linear axes for format adjustment in addition to plain bearings, slewing ring bearings, e-chains and gearbox solutions. They allow camera systems to travel so they can detect broken bottles or contamination, or unwanted bottles in the removal system for unwanted bottles.
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Adjustment of the 600kg labelling unit in a bottling plant with a drylin linear axis
With the compact "InnoPET TriBlock" filling system from KHS, PET bottles can be produced, filled and labelled. In addition to lots of lubrication-free and maintenance-free plain, linear and ball bearings, the entire 600kg labelling module is adjusted by means of a lead screw linear axis specifically manufactured for this purpose.
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Durable and economical bearings for automating format adjustment in tray inserters
LAD GmbH develops suction insert machines that securely fix the fleece. For flexible adaptation to the respective packaging size, the designers rely on cost-effective automation products such as linear systems and with motor control systems.
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Reliable format adjustment of guide rollers or inlet and outlet sensors in labelling machines
In the Sleevematic TS labelling machine from Krones AG, linear bearings and linear axes are used in various height and lateral adjustments, such as the guide rollers or inlet and outlet sensors. They are lubrication-free and maintenance-free and reduce downtimes to a minimum.
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Precise positioning in labelling machines at 1,000 bottles per minute
In KHS GmbH labelling machines, the cutting sensor or the work table is sometimes positioned using our linear technology. Wear-resistant and lubrication-free, the bearing technology has been meeting the manufacturer's high standards for over twenty years.
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Linear axes for numerous side and height adjustments in modern testing and packaging systems
Since this product serialisation module from Wipotec can be integrated into existing packaging systems, it must be particularly flexible. This flexibility is achieved by numerous side and height adjustments, which were implemented with wear-resistant drylin linear axes.
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Motor-driven lead screw linear tables for numerous adjustment tasks in film packaging lines
This bag packaging machine from the manufacturer Veprotec has been consistently designed to automate the system. Motor-driven lead screw linear systems for positioning the film roll, hole punch, filling station or the labeller help with this.
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Safe positioning of the 80kg filling head in the filling plant
In the bottling plants of the Fricke Abfülltechnik GmbH & Co. KG, a lead screw module from our drylin range ensures the easy positioning of the 80-kg heavy filling head above the package. With high leverage, the system works lubrication-free and with minimal abrasion.
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Quick, simple assembly
With high machine capacities in continuous operation and time pressure, packaging systems must not fail. If a bearing wears out unexpectedly, we can remedy the situation. To ensure that our bearing technology can be integrated into existing machine concepts as flexibly as possible, we offer our drylin linear bearing portfolio as well as our iglidur plain bearings as simple modular sets, with which individually coordinated complete systems can be quickly planned and installed. In this way, replacement with our lubrication-free and maintenance-free bearings for the packaging industry is child's play.
Reliable toothed belt axis in a powerful system for cleaning and filling kegs
The Innokeg AF-C Transversal from KHS can inspect, clean and fill disposable and reusable keg barrels with an output of up to 700 kegs per hour. A two-metre-long toothed belt axis used in conveyor technology ensures reliable transportation over the long term.
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Individual toothed belt axis from the modular system for thermoforming machine
In this thermoforming machine, an arm stacker is positioned via a ZLW toothed belt axis. Since the linear axis is based on the modular system of drylin W bearing technology, it could be easily and individually modified until the customer found his desired shape.
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Tailored bearing components for gripper modules from the drylin modular product system
With this application, tailor-made bearing components for the linear movement of 48 gripper modules in a packaging system could be quickly found thanks to drylin's modular product system. In the truest sense of the word, the linear systems today "lead" to a significant increase in plant efficiency.
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