Components for hygiene-sensitive areas in the food industry

Our high-performance polymers for the food sector are lubrication-free and can be sterilised with hot steam and cleaned with chemical substances without any problems. They fulfil essential requirements for use in food processing machines and production processes (food safety). Being coloured blue makes them easy to detect. In addition, they offer all the typical igus® advantages such as freedom from maintenance, simple installation with quiet operation.

Advantages of igus® products:

FDA-compliant plastic and approval according to EU Regulation 10/2011
Lubricant-free, no product contamination
Temperature and corrosion resistance
Low moisture absorption
Resistance to chemicals, acids, alkaline and alcoholic cleaning agents
Maintenance-free
High wear resistance

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Use of igus® products in the food industry

Baked goods

Fish, meat and sausage processing

Sweet processing

Fruit and vegetable processing

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Selected motion plastic for the food industry

knife edge roller

High wear resistance
Long service life
lubrication-free

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Plain bearing iglidur® A181

FDA and EU regulation compliant
Good media resistance
Universally applicable

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bar stock iglidur® A350

FDA-compliant
For use up to +180 °C
Lubricant- and maintenance-free

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Sliding film iglidur® A160

Low coefficient of friction
High wear resistance
FDA-compliant

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igubal® Flange bearing

cost-effective
Corrosion resistance
Easy mounting

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Linear modules drylin® SLW

Stainless steel version and corrosion-free
Dirt resistant
Clean & hygienic

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Cobots, delta pickers, gel arm robots and much more ...

Automation in the packaging industry

Automating processes with low complexity, fast integration into existing systems and a quick return on investment? That is the stated aim of our products from "Low Cost Automation".

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The "blue" sample box

Products for direct food contact

e.g. our lubrication- and maintenance-free bearing programme
Hygienic Design energy chain made from FDA and EU-compliant materials
...and much more

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Format adjustment in the packaging industry - from manual to smart positioning

Manual

linear guide with manual clamp for quick and easy adjustment tasks

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Driven

Linear axis driven by hand wheel for demanding and precise positioning

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Automated

linear axis with motor and control system for efficient and synchronised format adjustments

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... or with Apiro® gearboxes

Apiro® enables simple, modular, fast and cost-effective format adjustments.

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Examples of packaging technology applications

Successful in use

Aggressive environmental conditions (cleaning, extreme temperatures, dust and dirt), high hygiene standards, long service life in continuous operation, fast and flexible format adjustments... The requirements in the packaging, food and beverage industries are diverse. Here you can find out more about the successful use of our motion plastic by our customers.

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white paper: Kolsterising and tribopolymers

Especially in an industry that depends on precise and fast processing with maximum purity and economy, the combination of colsterisation and high-performance plastics should become the standard ...

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Tested for real use in the test laboratory

iglidur® bearings and drylin® linear technology are put through their paces in the industry's largest plastic test laboratory. Among other things, they are tested for media resistance (e.g. cleaning media), continuous load and low-noise operation. The results are fed into our tools for calculating service life and enable precise predictions to be made about durability.
Upon request, igus® also carries out customer tests in order to test the use of the products under very individual conditions.

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