• Igus (India) Private Limited

Plain Bearing Material for Food Applications

Igus offers lubrication-free and maintenance-free high-performance plastic iglidur A181, which has established a remarkable presence in the food and packaging industry. Avoidance of lubricants is an important criterion particularly in the food and packaging industries. The company has different lubrication-free and maintenance-free plain bearing materials in the product range, which meet the requirements of FDA and EU Regulation 10/2011 EC. Among these materials, iglidur A181 is the "all-rounder" – it achieves low wear rates especially in combination with corrosion-resistant shaft types. In the processing of food and drink, the ability to offer consistently safe products to the consumer is crucial. With iglidur A181 the motion plastics specialist igus offers a lubrication-free and maintenance-free plastic for precisely these requirements. The iglidur A181 material complies with EC Directive 10/2011 EC and also with FDA (Food and Drug Administration) specifications for repeated contact with food. In addition, iglidur A181 fulfils, like all iglidur materials, the RoHS specifications. Because, based on the principle of the incorporated dry lubrication, the iglidur bearing technology exclusively uses non-metallic and RoHS-safe ingredients for the compounds made of tribologically optimised base polymers, solid lubricants and fillers.