Plastic Components for Pharmaceutical Packaging

Blister packaging machines and filling plants

In packaging plants of the pharmaceutical industry, polymer products from igus are used from the dosing station up to the labelling unit.
Regardless of whether this involves the blister packaging of tablets or the filling of pharmaceutical bottles: The bearing technology must always meet the highest hygienic standards and thus, for example, function reliably in maintenance-free dry operation without the use of lubricants.

igus Components and Application Examples

Below, exemplary stations of blister packaging machines and filling plants for pharmaceutical products and the igus products used are shown: Among others, iglide plain bearings, igubal pillow block bearings, drylin linear bearings, lead screw technology or tribotape® liners were installed here.

1. Dosing station
2. Weighing station
3. Circular filler / Rotary table (only for filling systems)
4. Film positioning (only for blister packs)
5. Cutting mechanism (only for blister packs)
6. Labelling station

1. Dosing station

In the filling unit, drylin R linear guides are used in cam-guided circular fillers.

2. Weighing station

iglide P plain bearings in the flap bearing arrangement in the weighing station are maintenance-free and cost-effective.

3. Circular filler / Rotary table

So that medicine bottles can be fed cleanly and without tipping over from the turntable to the subsequent stations, the surfaces are lined with the liner iglidur tribotape®.

4. Film positioning

When positioning films in a blister machine, the advantages of flat, self-lubricating drylin W linear guides certified for use in cleanrooms are needed.

5. Cutting mechanism

drylin W linear bearing technology is used in the cutting mechanism for the blister foil. It operates completely self-lubricating and maintenance-free.

6. Labelling station

The seal labelling of blister packs can be flexibly adjusted using drylin bearing technology.

Customer Application Stories

Transport technology rotary table

With the help of tribo-tape liner, plastic injection bottles are smoothly guided from a rotary table onto a conveyor belt.

Cutting station for blister packs

Plastic products in the cutting mechanism for blister packaging are maintenance-free and have good torque resistance.

Labeling station

The drylin linear systems ensure the flexible adjustment of this labeler for the pharmaceutical, food and cosmetics industries.

Blisterverpackungsmaschine / Kartonierer

Blister packaging machine / Cartoner

The igubal pillow block bearings, lead screw nuts and lead screws enable precise adjustment mechanisms in this cartoner for blister packaging.

Position adjustments for blister packs

Lightweight and hygienic drylin linear bearings perform position adjustments in this pharmaceutical packaging machine.

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