In an industry where throughput equals profitability, machines that manufacture and package foods and beverages require high performance, quick changeover and low maintenance. On top of that, they have strict hygienic requirements. Processing, packaging and bottling machines are exposed to dust and food particles, chemicals, washdowns and other conditions that would quickly destroy ordinary machine components.
Extraordinary Solutions that Keep Business Moving
Kollmorgen doesn’t deal in ordinary components. We provide co-engineered solutions optimized to meet the needs of specific vertical industries. For the food and beverage industry, that means servomotors, drives and controls that perform flawlessly to ensure product quality, operate at higher speeds to maximize product throughput, and ensure long life with minimal maintenance to keep the production line up and running at full speed.
Better Motion Creates Market Opportunities
We also offer the tools and expertise to help you create a more capable machine. For example, Kollmorgen Automation Suite™ has been proven to measurably accelerate development of machines that run much faster while reducing errors and scrap. Better motion control also allows engineers to design machines that can create a wider range of products with minimal changeover time. That allows the machine to serve more customers with more types of innovative products, creating new opportunities to gain market share.
The Right Choice When Hygiene Matters
None of these advantages mean anything if equipment can’t withstand the industry’s strict demands for cleanliness. Everything from bearing grease to finishing materials must be safe for consumption should it ever come into contact with the product. Moreover, everything must be able to withstand corrosive cleaners and high-pressure washdowns. We provide food-grade options and IP66 ingress protection for motors, decentralized drives, gearboxes and other components. We even offer stainless steel motor options built to IP69K standards for the ultimate in cleanliness and corrosion resistance.
AKM™ servomotors
AKM™ servomotors offer more than a million standard configurations, including food-grade, washdown-ready and stainless steel versions.
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Stainless Steel W Series
Quality standards and legal regulations impose strict hygienic requirements on equipment used in the food and beverage, meat and dairy, pharmaceutical, and cosmetics industries. Many other industries also require motors that can withstand high-pressure washdowns and caustic chemicals in order to maintain a clean and productive environment. Kollmorgen supplies washdown and food-grade motors to meet the needs of these industries.
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Kollmorgen Automation Suite™
Kollmorgen Automation Suite™ delivers a complete set of engineering tools and motion control components proven to speed development time and improve performance.
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AKD™ servo drives
AKD™ servo drives provide industry-leading power density, performance and precision, and are available in washdown-capable decentralized versions for installation on the machine itself.
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Direct Drive Rotary (DDR)
Direct Drive Rotary (DDR™) motors eliminate the need for gearboxes and transmission components, enabling perfect alignment at higher throughput speeds.
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