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Medicine packaging

Typical materials and products

To find in applications like:

Circle filler

Dosage systems

Blister packaging


Application examples

Circle filler for pharmaceutical medical fluids

Circle filler for pharmaceutical medical fluids DryLin® R linear bearings in cam guided circle filler Advantages:

Corrosion problems are avoided

Up to 150 cycles/min

Successfully tested in the field

Wear-resistant linear solution

Cost-advantage to ball bearing system

No wash-out in cleaning process

Dosage system for pharmaceutical powder

Dosage system for pharmaceutical powder igubal® double joints, clevis joints with spring loaded pins in dosage system Advantages:

Max 60 cycles/min

200 cycles/min positive tested

Corrosion resistant

Vibration dampening

Cost-advantage to stainless steel version

Assembly advantage

Capsule filling
machine

Capsule filling iglide® J bearings in cam guided circle filler Advantages:

Up to 120 cycles/min

Successfully tested in the field

Short stroke without wear on the soft shafts

Wear-resistant solution in spite of aggressive cleaning

Cost-advantage to ball bearing systems

Maintenance-free, no wash-out in cleaning process

Dosaging the unpacked products

Dosaging the unpacked products iglide® J/P or igubal® EGLMs implement the pivoting movements of the multihead weigher flaps Advantages:

Low noise

Vibration dampening

Maintenance free

No contamination of products by lubricants

Resistible to the typical cleaners (PES, hydrogen peroxyd)

Corrosion resistant

Very low humidity absorption

Multi-headed scales for bottling and dosing

Multi-headed scales for bottling and dosing iglide® P special bearing in flap storage Advantages:

Oscillation movement with soft stainless steel hafts

Resistant to chemicals (cleaning process)

Best wear resistance

Vibration dampening means noise prevention

Corrosion resistant

Low humidity absorption

Up to 300 cycles/min

In-service tested

Three special tolerated sizes


More application examples

Filling and sealing machine

Besides the high chemical resistance, the iglide® J plain bearings offer a maintenance-free dry operation in this application.

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