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Successful applications in the packaging industry according to requirements

Aggressive environmental conditions

Aggressive conditions
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Food conformity

FDA-compatible
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Long service life with continuous operation

Continuous operation
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Flexible format adjustments

Format adjustments
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Quick, simple assembly

Quick, simple assembly
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Aggressive environmental conditions (cleaning, temperature fluctuations, dust, dirt)


Modern packaging systems are confronted with a wide range of requirements, ranging from intensive cleaning processes and severe temperature fluctuations to the addition of dust and dirt in the machine environment. In addition to corrosion-free bearing technology with low moisture absorption, our products for the packaging industry also include high-performance materials for extreme temperatures. Thanks to the lubrication-free function, they work maintenance-free and prove reliable in the following applications, even when powder, adhesive or paraffin is added.

 

Bearing technology for daily cleaning under superheated steam, high pressure and chemical agents in a filling plant for yoghurt

Since dairy products in particular are very sensitive, these systems from Miromatic for aseptic filling of yoghurt impose the highest hygiene requirements. Our bearing technology is exposed to cleaning (hot steam, high pressure, chemical agents) here at least daily.
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miromatic filling system
miromatic filling system

Bearings in a bottling plant using slightly alkaline and acidic solutions, disinfectants, and hot water

This facility folds, glues, fills, sterilises, and seals milk cartons. Bearings must be resistant to disinfectants and high temperatures. This was achieved with drylin linear guides and iglidur plain bearings.
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Bottling plant for dairy products
Bottling plant for dairy products

High-performance bearings for temperature fluctuations from -100°C to +250°C in brewery plants

In brewery plants used in beer production, the bearing components used must meet various requirements, such as a high temperature. For the bearing of the knives for slitting the spent grains, the customer relies on plain bearings made of the FDA-compliant high-temperature material iglidur A500.
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Brewery
Brewery

Robust plastic bearings with high humidity and daily cleaning in PET filling line

This retractable star wheel from Krones works close to the germ-free bottler. The bearing bushings, which are sometimes installed in the chamber support, withstand a humidity of between 90 and 100%, temperatures of up to 95°C and aggressive cleaning agents and superheated steam on a daily basis.
Clamping wheel
iglidur J plain bearings

Lubrication-free linear bearings work reliably on the inkjet print head despite high powder production

In the area of the inkjet printheads of this packaging unit, powder deposits caused early signs of wear on the linear bearings and lubrication failed. Since then, the linear mounting has been taken over by drylin bearing technology that is completely free of lubrication and maintenance.
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Inkjet printhead linear bearing
Inkjet printhead linear bearing

Reliable roller bearings thanks to adhesion-free plain bearings in conveyor technology

When transport rollers are mounted inside this cartoner, the metal rollers stuck together due to the adhesive used for sealing. With the use of plain bearings made of high-performance polymers, this problem became a thing of the past.
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Conveyor technology cartoner
Conveyor technology cartoner

Toothed belt axis for failure-free product transport with high paraffin content in candle packaging systems

A drylin toothed belt axis is responsible for transporting candles in this packaging machine. Since it is completely lubrication-free, the paraffin in the candles has no effect on the conveyor technology. It has been working without downtime for over 4800 hours.
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Conveyor technology candles
Conveyor technology candles

Food-compliant & hygienic design for direct product contact


The stringent requirements for" hygienic design" in the food and beverage industry are reflected in strict specifications such as the American FDA or the European EC regulation. In these application examples, we meet high industry standards with our completely lubrication-free, easy-to-clean and chemical-resistant bearing products. In direct contact with sausage, ham and cheese products, for example, or when packaging fruit and vegetables, they prevent contamination of sensitive products - and this in continuous operation in highly dynamic systems.

 

Hygienic special bearings in the linear stroke of the KHS bottling plant's capping units

In beverage bottling, the liners in the linear stroke of this capping unit were completely covered. For even more hygiene, these were replaced with drylin special bearings, which have a special rough structure on the outer and inner walls. That way, the bearings are completely washed as well.
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drylin special bearings
drylin special bearings

Hygienic design energy chain in high-performance slicing plants

These meat slicing plants from Schiwa work in the sausage, ham and cheese industry. The guidance of the cables to the grippers that lead the product to the cutting knife were implemented using FDA-compliant energy chains that comply with the manufacturer's demanding hygiene concept.
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Schiwa slicing systems
Schiwa slicing systems

Hygienic design energy chain in high-performance slicing plants

Harvest, cut and pack each mushroom by hand? What is not unusual in the mushroom industry is set to change with the semi-automatic harvesting system from Axis Technology. With steam sterilisation at 80°C, TH3 energy chains in hygienic design enable safe cable guidance.
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Blue TH3 energy chain
Mushroom-harvesting system

Lubrication-free knife edge rollers prevent product contamination in conveyor systems for meat products

The bearing technology used here to transport meat was neither lubrication-free nor hygienic. It has therefore been replaced by linear bearings and knife edge rollers, which operate completely lubrication-free and prevent product contamination.
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Knife edge rollers
Knife edge rollers

High-performance bearings for temperature fluctuations from -100°C to +250°C in brewery plants

In brewery plants used in beer production, the bearing components used must meet various requirements, such as a high temperature. For the bearing of the knives for slitting the spent grains, the customer relies on plain bearings made of the FDA-compliant high-temperature material iglidur A500.
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Brewery
Brewery

Tailored bearing technology for hygiene-sensitive multihead weighers

Due to the high hygienic standards of the food industry, we have developed a new linear bearing housing for Multipond's multi-head weighing systems. It is resistant to cleaning processes under superheated steam and high pressure as well as aggressive chemicals.
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Atoma multihead weigher
Atoma multihead weigher

Long service life under continuous operation and high dynamic loads


Fast, faster, fastest. In the packaging industry, more and more powerful and highly automated systems are in demand, which can meet long service lives in continuous operation, seven days a week. In this outbidding competition, machine performance also stands and falls with bearing technology, which must reliably guarantee the numerous pivoting, pushing or rolling movements at all stations. In these application examples, customers relied on robust, wear-resistant and durable storage technology and energy supply systems in cutting machines, cleaning and filling systems or in conveyor technology.

 

14,000 hours minimum service life: plain bearings in stretch blow moulding machines from KHS

This double-gate heating system in stretch blow moulding machines for forming bottles uses iglidur J and special plain bearings. They enable the bearing of the mandrels on which the bottles travel through the system at a permanent temperature of 60°C and in continuous operation.
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Stretch blow moulding machine
Stretch blow moulding machine

Universal clamping star wheel with special bearings reduces changeover time and operates continuously

This Krones bottler uses a new injection-moulded clamping star wheel, which reduces changeover time and therefore saves valuable time. This is due to the fact that the grippers are designed for different bottle shapes and sizes. Thanks to the new iglidur X material, the incorporated plain bearings are durable in continuous operation and suitable for dry cleaning.
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Clamping wheel
Bracket

Durable and lubrication-free linear bearings for high loads in "high-speed" cutting machines

For this high-performance cutting machine, several plain bearings were tested by the manufacturer for wear and service life over months due to the high dynamics and fast movements. The drylin linear bearings and iglidur plain bearings are sometimes used in the depositing system.
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Cutting machine
Cutting machine

Reliable in continuous operation: Hygienic bearings in a high-speed bottling plant

This bottling plant for thin to viscous substances works quickly and precisely thanks to numerous bearing products in cup dispensers and filling and dosing, lid application, sealing, and labelling and ejection systems. Up to 4,080 litres can be filled per hour into up to 14,400 cups.
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Filling system
Filling system

Plastic rollers in clamp stars double service life, ensure low-wear under continuous operation

Up to 66,000 bottles per hour are transferred through these beverage filling lines, which run continuously. For this high performance range, new two-component plastic rollers were developed for the clamp star, which were able to almost double the service life.
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Clamping wheel
Clamping wheel

Wear-resistant plastic knife edge rollers in beverage plants work failure-free worldwide

This all-round packaging line from Krones AG set a new speed record by processing 20 containers more per minute than its predecessor. Very wear-resistant knife edge rollers are used in the belt deflection of the conveyor belts.
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Knife edge roller
Packaging machine conveyor

Reliable toothed belt axis in a powerful system for cleaning and filling kegs

The Innokeg AF-C Transversal from KHS can inspect, clean and fill disposable and reusable keg barrels with an output of up to 700 kegs per hour. A two-metre-long toothed belt axis used in conveyor technology ensures reliable transportation over the long term.
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Keg transportation to filling plant
Keg transportation to filling plant

Robust bearing technology for unscrewing and emptying 60,000 bottles per hour

The machines for fully automated uncorking or unscrewing of the caps of returnable bottles from Rink GmbH & Co. KG are subject to heavy use. They work at speeds of up to 60,000 bottles per hour. Linear and rotary bearings assert themselves here in continuous operation.
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Rotary decapper
drylin linear bearings

Bread packaging machine with high processing cycles: free from broken cables thanks to intelligent sensors

Since this system for cutting and packaging baked goods works with high processing cycles, cable guides and cables had to work very reliably. To prevent cable breaks, the cables are continuously monitored with special sensors.
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Bread packaging machine
readychain in bread packaging machine

High flexibility and plant automation thanks to format adjustments


Highly flexible systems are more in demand than ever in the packaging industry. Format adjustments play an overriding role in the endeavour to design individual machine units such as labellers, filling systems or conveyor units as modularly as possible for easy integration into existing systems. In these success stories, our flexurally resistant linear axes and rail systems have been used for numerous side, height or transverse adjustments in a wide variety of packaging systems: from simple manual adjustment tasks via manual clamp to automated format settings coordinated by motor control system.

 

Simple and efficient: format adjustment on conveyor belts with modular Apiro gearboxes

Adjust precise formats to quickly convert conveyor belts for different packaging sizes. The I.B. Srl company was faced with the automation of its conveyor technology. Today the company relies on Apiro gearboxes in combination with drylin linear modules and motorised carriages. They enable 100% maintenance-free and lubrication-free adjustment.
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Conveyor belt format adjustment with Apiro

Torsion-resistant double shaft profiles for format adjustment in Krones inspection technology

Krones testing systems, such as the Linatronic 735, rely on linear axes for format adjustment in addition to plain bearings, slewing ring bearings, e-chains and gearbox solutions. They allow camera systems to travel so they can detect broken bottles or contamination, or unwanted bottles in the removal system for unwanted bottles.
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Inspection technology from Krones

Adjustment of the 600kg labelling unit in a bottling plant with a drylin linear axis

With the compact "InnoPET TriBlock" filling system from KHS, PET bottles can be produced, filled and labelled. In addition to lots of lubrication-free and maintenance-free plain, linear and ball bearings, the entire 600kg labelling module is adjusted by means of a lead screw linear axis specifically manufactured for this purpose.
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Stretch blow moulding/labelling/filling block from KHS
Bottle holders with iglidur plain bearings

Durable and economical bearings for automating format adjustment in tray inserters

LAD GmbH develops suction insert machines that securely fix the fleece. For flexible adaptation to the respective packaging size, the designers rely on cost-effective automation products such as linear systems and with motor control systems.
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Tray inserter
Format adjustments in shell inserts

Reliable format adjustment of guide rollers or inlet and outlet sensors in labelling machines

In the Sleevematic TS labelling machine from Krones AG, linear bearings and linear axes are used in various height and lateral adjustments, such as the guide rollers or inlet and outlet sensors. They are lubrication-free and maintenance-free and reduce downtimes to a minimum.
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Sleevematic TS labelling machine
Format adjustment of the guide rollers

Precise positioning in labelling machines at 1,000 bottles per minute

In KHS GmbH labelling machines, the cutting sensor or the work table is sometimes positioned using our linear technology. Wear-resistant and lubrication-free, the bearing technology has been meeting the manufacturer's high standards for over twenty years.
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KHS labelling machine
KHS labelling machine

Linear axes for numerous side and height adjustments in modern testing and packaging systems

Since this product serialisation module from Wipotec can be integrated into existing packaging systems, it must be particularly flexible. This flexibility is achieved by numerous side and height adjustments, which were implemented with wear-resistant drylin linear axes.
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Test and packaging system from Wipotec
Test and packaging system from Wipotec

Motor-driven lead screw linear tables for numerous adjustment tasks in film packaging lines

This bag packaging machine from the manufacturer Veprotec has been consistently designed to automate the system. Motor-driven lead screw linear systems for positioning the film roll, hole punch, filling station or the labeller help with this.
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Veprotec bag packing machine
Format adjustment of bag packing machine

Safe positioning of the 80kg filling head in the filling plant

In the bottling plants of the Fricke Abfülltechnik GmbH & Co. KG, a lead screw module from our drylin range ensures the easy positioning of the 80-kg heavy filling head above the package. With high leverage, the system works lubrication-free and with minimal abrasion.
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Filling system
Format adjustment filling head

Quick, simple assembly


With high machine capacities in continuous operation and time pressure, packaging systems must not fail. If a bearing wears out unexpectedly, we can remedy the situation. To ensure that our bearing technology can be integrated into existing machine concepts as flexibly as possible, we offer our drylin linear bearing portfolio as well as our iglidur plain bearings as simple modular sets, with which individually coordinated complete systems can be quickly planned and installed. In this way, replacement with our lubrication-free and maintenance-free bearings for the packaging industry is child's play.

 

Reliable toothed belt axis in a powerful system for cleaning and filling kegs

The Innokeg AF-C Transversal from KHS can inspect, clean and fill disposable and reusable keg barrels with an output of up to 700 kegs per hour. A two-metre-long toothed belt axis used in conveyor technology ensures reliable transportation over the long term.
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Keg transportation to filling plant
Keg transportation to filling plant

Individual toothed belt axis from the modular system for thermoforming machine

In this thermoforming machine, an arm stacker is positioned via a ZLW toothed belt axis. Since the linear axis is based on the modular system of drylin W bearing technology, it could be easily and individually modified until the customer found his desired shape.
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Thermoforming machine
Positioning arm stacker drylin toothed belt axis

Tailored bearing components for gripper modules from the drylin modular product system

With this application, tailor-made bearing components for the linear movement of 48 gripper modules in a packaging system could be quickly found thanks to drylin's modular product system. In the truest sense of the word, the linear systems today "lead" to a significant increase in plant efficiency.
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Gripper module in packaging plant
Gripper module in packaging plant

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