Motion plastics for the food industry

Our high-performance polymers for the food industry are lubrication-free and can be sterilised with hot steam and cleaned with chemical substances. They fulfil essential requirements for use in food processing machines and food production processes. The blue colouring makes them easy to detect and in addition, they offer all the typical igus® advantages such as:

FDA-compliant polymers and certification according to EU regulation 10/2011
No lubrication, no product contamination
Temperature-resistant and corrosion-free
Low moisture absorption
Resistance to chemicals, acids, alkaline and alcoholic cleaning media
Maintenance-free
High wear resistance

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Selected motion plastics for the food industry

Knife edge rollers

High wear resistance
Long service life
Lubrication-free
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iglidur® A181 plain bearings

Compliant with FDA and EU regulations
Good media-resistance
Universal installation
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iglidur® A350 bar stock

FDA-compliant
For use with temperatures up to +180 °C
Lubrication and maintenance-free
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iglidur® A160 liner

Low coefficient of friction
High wear resistance
FDA-compliant
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igubal® fixed flange bearings

Cost-effective
Corrosion-resistant
Easy installation
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Linear modules SLW

Stainless-steel version and corrosion-free
Dirt-resistant
Clean & hygienic
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chainflex®

Small bend radius
Cost-effective, long-life cables
Hydrolysis and microbe resistant
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TH3 – hygienic e-chain®

Hygienic Construction
Blue colour
FDA and EU Compliant
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readycable®

Pre-harnessed cables
Dispatched within 24 hours
Accourding to manufactures specifications
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Application examples of our customers

Impact huller for grain products

Abrasive dust and grain husks are an extreme load for the components in impact hullers in the food industry. The designers therefore turned to drylin® fixed flange bearings to reduce downtime, minimise operating costs and also improve the technology.
Streckel & Schrader GmbH & Co. KG

Fully automatic multihead weighers

FDA-compliance and without any lubrication
iglidur® plain bearings and drylin® R linear guides are used in multihead weighers of the company Atoma GmbH. The components used are lubrication-free and insensitive to very thorough cleaning processes in food production.
Atoma GmbH

Waffle baking machines

Stability and long service life
The company Walterwerk has been relying on lubrication-free bearing technology from igus® for many years. It is suitable for use in adverse ambient conditions, where machines are regular cleaned with aggressive media.
Walterwerk Kiel GmbH & Co. KG

Sausage cutting machine

Reduce maintenance intervals and lower costs
drylin® linear guides, trapezoidal lead screws and igubal® flange bearings from igus® are used extremely precisely in sausage cutting machines of Singer & Sohn and, in contrast to needle bearings, are characterised by robustness, ease of cleaning and resistance to chemicals.
Singer & Sohn GmbH

Cutting machines

Successful cooperation for more than 20 years
In cutting machines of the company Treif, speed and acceleration play an important role. Corrosion-resistant drylin® linear beings and drylin® shafts are used.
Treif Maschinenbau GmbH