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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

Waffle baking machines
Baked goods
Fish, meat and sausage processing
Fish, meat and sausage processing
Sweet processing
Sweet processing
Fruit and vegetable processing
Fruit and vegetable processing
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Selected motion plastic for the food industry

iglidur knife edge rollers

knife edge roller

  • High wear resistance
  • Long service life
  • lubrication-free
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Plain bearing iglidur® A181

Plain bearing iglidur® A181

  • FDA and EU regulation compliant
  • Good media resistance
  • Universally applicable
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iglidur® A350 bar stock

bar stock iglidur® A350

  • FDA-compliant
  • For use up to +180 °C
  • Lubricant- and maintenance-free
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iglidur® A160 liner

Sliding film iglidur® A160

  • Low coefficient of friction
  • High wear resistance
  • FDA-compliant
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igbubal® flange bearing

igubal® Flange bearing

  • cost-effective
  • Corrosion resistance
  • Easy mounting
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SLW linear modules

Linear modules drylin® SLW

  • Stainless steel version and corrosion-free
  • Dirt resistant
  • Clean & hygienic
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Low cost automation products

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

Manual

Manual

linear guide with manual clamp for quick and easy adjustment tasks

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Propelled

Driven

Linear axis driven by hand wheel for demanding and precise positioning

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Automation

Automated

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

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Automation

... 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

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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igus corner

The large sample box
With the igus® corner, you always have the right motion plastic for your industry at your fingertips.

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igus® blogs
Topics and trends from the packaging industry. Discover them now in our blog.

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