igubal spherical bearings are self-aligning bearing elements manufactured completely from polymer and are therefore very lightweight. They are perfect for use in weighing systems. Individual scales, but also multihead weighers, can be found in various types of packaging machines (such as bag forming, filling and sealing machines). Because the products to be weighed and packaged are often sensitive (food, etc.), the fact the igubal spherical bearings are lubrication-free is an important advantage. As shown in figure above, the spherical igubal bearing is also available with a double joint. It ..read more

The following blog provides tips for selecting the right guide roller for each application.  Tip 1: Determine the load profile-  At the beginning of each selection process, the conveyor system design engineer should determine the requirements for the drive rollers and guide rollers. They will often notice that they can use more cost-effective guide rollers than the standard rollers, which are designed for high speeds and/ or loads. This reduces user costs without compromising roller performance properties or service life.  Product example: If the required load capacity is not t ..read more

When a new product is being developed for food, packaging, or beverage machine test phase, receiving prototype samples of a plain bearing or other machined components as quickly as possible is very important. iglidur polymer bar stock allows such components to be manufactured easily … with no minimum order quantity. It is available as plates, round bars, or hollow rods made of various high-performance iglidur polymers & in a wide range of sizes and dimensions. All of them are 100% maintenance-free and lubrication-free. Many of them are available from stock and can be delivered immediat ..read more

Knife edge rollers are designed to reduce the gaps and ensure safe transfer of small parts from one conveyor belt to another. Especially in the food & packaging industry, during transfer of small food products like cookies, cakes, biscuits, pasta products, they may slide into the gap between the two conveyor belts if there is a large gap. Here, due to the small diameter of the knife edge rollers, the gap reduces, prevents fall & avoids damage of these sensitive parts. Knife edge rollers from igus are made up of high-performance tribologically enhanced iglidur® materials, which do ..read more

In the Packaging, food & beverage industry, implementation of precise format adjustments is a must for maximizing the flexibility of machines & equipments like filling  or labelling machines for bottles or cans or also for equipments for entry lanes in beverage industries. To solve this problem, igus supplies you with machine components made of high-performance polymers that offer safe and reliable operation without any additional lubrication. drylin lead screw linear systems are especially well suited to implementing format adjustments. An overview of the various ranges can be ac ..read more

Most packaging machines have a number of format adjustments. They are often made with trapezoidal lead screw nuts and a corresponding lead screw. Many format adjustments still involve metallic lead screw nuts. To work smoothly, they need lots of lubricant. The dirty environment means that regular re-greasing and maintenance are necessary. Instead of focusing on the important things, the maintenance team will be dedicating a lot of their time for maintaining & greasing metallic  lead screw nuts; if they are non-functional, which may lead to an unplanned standstill of entire production ..read more

igus, develops maintenance-free and above all lubrication-free solution for transport and guide rollers, which are made of blue light weight PVC tube and FDA-compliant two fixed flange ball bearings made up of in-house material xirodur B180 and stainless steel balls under the brand name xiros.  These xiros guide rollers  are particularly important for labelling, packaging and food applications due to possible contamination of food.  Plastic solution to save drive force- The PVC tube weighs only about one third as much as comparable stainless steel tubes ..read more

Our health is our most important possession and no components of the bearings or linear guide should ever harm it in anyway. Where there is possible contact with food, the requirements placed on each component are different from those in other cases. The linear guide system, i.e. guide rails, shafts, linear bearing housings, screws and so on, must be made of stainless steel. All other materials must be manufactured in accordance with EU or FDA regulations, whereby lubricated components must be specially encapsulated, and grease and oil can only be used in line with NSF guidelines*. The highest ..read more

With the changing times, the Indian Pharma industry is witnessing  dynamic changes & are adopting advanced technologies for their machines , manufacturing processes , packaging techniques and other related aspects , so  as to achieve greater output  & higher productivity without any compromise on the strict hygiene standards & to maintain the safety of the drug. Here igus iglidur bearings & drylin linear guides  plays a very vital role as our products are lubrication & maintenance free and hence are completely  safe without any chance of  produ ..read more