It is often smaller companies in the beverage industry that set important trends and initially produce smaller quantities. When they invest in a partially or fully automated filling line, they often turn to Küppersbusch GmbH in Velbert. Typical of Küppersbusch's approach is that there are no prefabricated solutions or series. As most customers want flexible systems in smaller quantities, the solution often consists of semi-automatic, linear filling, labelling and capping machines.
For all system components in these systems, it is important that both the rotary and linear bearings are easy to clean and have a long service life. For hygiene reasons, they must not require any external lubricants, and the materials used for parts that come into contact with the product must be FDA-compliant.
The example of a bottling plant for spirits, which is currently undergoing its final test runs in Velbert before delivery, is a good example of how many and which different plain bearings from the igus® construction kit are used here.
The designers benefit from the constantly growing variety of the selection of the iglidur® material. Instead of the material iglidur® A180, the new FDA variants iglide® A181 (blue) and the likewise FDA-compliant high-temperature bearing iglide® A500 are mostly used today.
