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Packaging industry

Where packaging comes into play at the end, sensitive goods such as food and beverages are often involved beforehand. In these complex production lines, speed, precision and purity are of the essence. Adapted to these requirements of the packaging industry, we offer a wide range of plastic machine elements that conform to FDA and EU 10/2011 stipulations, run without lubrication and maintenance breaks and make their contribution to economical production.
Cartoning machine

General packaging industry

Clean solutions for cartoners, thermoformers and labelling machines, etc.
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Forming machine for food

Food technology

FDA-compliant and EU 10/2011-compliant machine components for all process stages of food production
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Labelling machine for beverage bottles

Beverage technology

Components without lubricants and maintenance for filling and inspection systems, blow moulding machines, etc.
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Innovations 2022

++ News 2022 ++

Our new products such as new food-compliant spherical insert bearings and spherical balls or e-chains made from recycled materials.
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Angular gearbox
Angular drives with lightweight housing
Angular gearbox
I6 Blue
Food-grade laser sintering material
I6 Blue
drylin W hygienic design
Extension of the drylin W modular system with hygienic design
drylin W hygienic design
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Cables for the packaging industry

  • Drive cables suitable for 24 manufacturer standards in seven different qualities
  • Solutions for e.g.: Rockwell, Bosch-Rexroth, Schneider Electric, B&R, Siemens
  • Over 1,350 cables from stock, delivered in as little as 24 hours

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Hybrid cable

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

Manual

Manual

Linear guides with manual clamp for quick and easy adjustment tasks
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Propelled

Propelled

Linear axes driven by hand wheel for demanding and precise positioning
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Automation

Automation

Linear axes with motor and control system for efficient and synchronised format adjustments
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Successfully in use

Aggressive conditions

Bending-resistant chainflex cables in bread packers

Servo, control and measuring system cables from our chainflex product range enable long service life in a bread packaging machine with a bend radius of 63mm and up to 80 double strokes per minute. And supplementary sensors detect core breaks even before they occur.
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Overview of user reports

...and many further success stories

Aggressive environmental conditions, high hygiene standards, long service life with continuous operation, fast and flexible format adjustments ... The requirements in packaging technology are manifold. Here you can find out more about the successful use of our motion plastics by our customers.
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Packaging industry sample box

Free sample box for packaging machines

See for yourself the quality of our motion plastics
Order the sample box with the most important products for packaging technology. The box contains plain and linear bearings, a knife-edge roller, an e-chain with cables, bar stock and a brochure with information on typical applications.
igus blog packaging industry
How can products in entry lanes be protected from damage? Which plain bearings do I use for cleaning at higher temperatures? The igus blog features interesting articles on the packaging industry.
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igus® GmbH points out that it does not sell any products of the companies Allen Bradley, B&R, Baumüller, Beckhoff, Lahr, Control Techniques, Danaher Motion, ELAU, FAGOR, FANUC, Festo, Heidenhain, Jetter, Lenze, LinMot, LTi DRiVES, Mitsubishi, NUM,Parker, Bosch Rexroth, SEW, Siemens, Stöber and all other drive manufacturers mention on this website. The products offered by igus® are those of igus® GmbH