igushas introduced a maintenance-free toothed belt axis specifically designed to improve sanitation in food manufacturing systems. The new drylin ZLW toothed belt axis is based on hygienic design principles and uses FDA-compliant materials.
Cleaning complex machines and systems in food production leads to longer and therefore expensive downtime. For instance, industrial bakeries are faced with the challenge of regularly cleaning huge vats and mixers, including the moving parts – the linear axes and linear slides on which the mixers are lowered into the containers. If traditional linear axes are used here, there is a high risk that flour and dough residues will be deposited in hard-to-reach places, make cleaning much more difficult and, in the worst case, introduce contamination risks.
“为了减少食品行业甚至药品和化妆品行业中系统的清洁，我们现在扩大了ZLW齿齿皮带轴的投资组合，” Drylin Linear and Drive Technology的Igus产品经理Michael Hornung说。“无论是使用高压蒸汽机，化学药品还是简单的自来水，都可以特别快速，彻底清洁新型号。这也提高了产品安全性。”
Designed using the guidelines of hygienic design during development, the new linear axis is easy to clean. Undercuts in the entire system are minimized where food remnants could accumulate. Likewise, there are no gaps that can occur, for example, if screw heads disappeared into a recess in order to be flush with the surface.
Equally important: rounded corners, which ensure that water can flow better during high-pressure cleaning and carry dirt particles along more easily. Water cannot collect and the formation of germs is reduced. Wherever a dead end was unavoidable, boreholes ensure that liquid drains away completely.
Igus开发人员仅使用符合FDA的材料作为新的齿腰带轴。轴端支撑和线性车厢均由耐腐蚀的不锈钢制成。马车在轨道上移动的普通轴承是由食品级分类iglide A160制成的，该轴是在没有外部润滑剂的情况下使低摩擦干燥的操作，这可能会成为污染物的危害并污染环境。
The drylin ZLW toothed belt axis can now be ordered with a maximum stroke length of up to 3,000 mm and can optionally be equipped with a suitable stepper motor.
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