Smooth production operations in the food and packaging industry require powerful and reliable drives that are specially tailored to conveyor technology in this sector.
As a tier-one supplier for OEMs in the mechanical and plant engineering sector, the Viersen-based company Groschopp offers a large selection of application-specific motors, gearboxes and controllers as well as complete drive solutions. Robust servo drives and three-phase AC housing motors are developed to suit the respective application.
„The packaging industry is an extremely broad field - and the requirements of our customers are correspondingly diverse,“ explains Christian Skaletz, Product Manager at Groschopp. The classic applications include, for example, the Positioning slices of sausage in displays or dosing colour when colouring confectionery.
Groschopp also realises unusual designs
Groschopp customises the motors, controllers and complete solutions as well as their communication precisely to the needs of its customers. On request, the specialists from Viersen can also realise unusual designs or use special materials, for example to create high hygiene requirements to do justice to them.
Depending on the application, different demands on the performance, control and design of the drive must be taken into account. For example, simple conveyor technology tasks - such as the Transport of dough pieces and other baked goods - AC housing motors from the IGK/IGL series from the manufacturer's portfolio are frequently used for this purpose.
Highly dynamic applications, on the other hand, require precise and powerful servo drives such as those from the EGK family from Groschopp. In harsh and dirty environments, a protective coating or a stainless steel and chemical-resistant drive solution from the company's ESK series can also be useful. The integration of a controller minimises the wiring effort and the high protection class IP69K can be achieved.
The company serves various industries with small and medium-sized drive series, including the food and packaging industry, the pharmaceutical and chemical industry, medical technology, the textile industry, the e-mobility sector and selected mechanical engineering segments.
