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Packaging

Enhance the life of your food processing machines with new coating material from igus

Shery George | 11 October 2021

Whether in dosing systems, on conveyor belts of filling systems or in labelling technology: you will find sheet metal and parts that are exposed to friction and wear in all these places. To increase the service life of the metallic components, igus  has  developed new coating material IC-05 which is compliant with FDA as well as […]

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Antistatic & Maintenance free polymer bearings for the Packaging industry

Shery George | 15 September 2021

Anti-static component properties along with lubrication free, suitability for intensive cleaning agents , hygienic design & long service life are indispensable in packaging technology. The different packaging machines like thermoforming machines , Form,fill & seal machines , labelling machines, blister packaging machine , uses rollers for film deflection and may face some of the below […]

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Xiros Ball bearings in meat processing industry

Shery George | 2 September 2021

The Meat  processing industry and  it  machines e.g  steaks ,  fillets  or  sausages processing  machines need to  be tough and  easy to  clean.  In this  machines  to  fight germs  the  most  aggressive cleaners and lots of water  is use. As  the application environments are critical  the machine  components  like bearings will function in long run […]

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Can reduction of scratches on products during conveying is possible in Packaging & Beverage industries ?

Shery George | 2 September 2021

The component service life plays an important role in the packaging and beverage industries, as the machines operate at high frequencies. During  transportation activity ,there are various options for reductions of  scratch marks  and even damage. The service life of a glass beverage bottle is limited by the degree of damage to its exterior.  Since […]

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What are the requirements of an energy chain for food contact?

Shery George | 2 September 2021

When its comes to guiding  function of an  energy  chains , we need  to  ensure a  design which is  as open  as  possible and therefore  easy to clean, or using materials that may be used in direct contact with food. We incorporated all these requirements into the development and implemented them with the TH3.  Also […]

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Does the weight of the dancer rollers play a major role in maintaining the film tension?

Shery George | 2 September 2021

What are  dancing rollers-  Rollers  which  are  used to feed the labels or films to  machines & maintain specified  tension to the  film is  known dancing rollers  as they move freely up &  down along with the film.                               What  are […]

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Do you know which type of shafts works best with polymer plain bearings?

Shery George | 2 September 2021

Different  types of   shafts   are used in packaging , food  and  beverage  industry  based on their  suitability for  the particular application area. For  e.g  Stainless  steel  shafts are  widely used  as they are  corrosion resistant , where the  application works  in moist environment  or  aggressive  cleaning with  chemicals is required .  Steel  shafts […]

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