Perfect drives for special applications (food processing)

Example-customized gears in food processing

Hygiene standards in the food processing industry are becoming increasingly important. In this project, too, the hygienic design of the gear unit was the central requirement.

Foodstuffs are processed in a plant, and the customer requires gearboxes with different gear ratios to drive various axles, which may come into direct contact with foodstuffs. In order to bypass further protective devices on the plant, the housing temperature in S1 operation must not exceed the 60°C mark. Furthermore, the gear unit must be designed in accordance with EHEDG guidelines; the challenge here is to connect the motor with mounting threads and the requirement that the customer wants to mount the motor himself.

A gearbox that optimally fits the customer's requirements. This is the drive from SPN.