
XPlanar in a hygienic design
Floating product transport cuts footprint in half and speeds up handling and cleaning

Oficina central México
Beckhoff Automation, S.A. de C.V.
Floating product transport cuts footprint in half and speeds up handling and cleaning
For applications in the food, beverage, and pharmaceutical industries, as well as packaging technology, Beckhoff offers a wide range of products with a hygienic design that meet the strict requirements of hygiene and cleanroom regulations. Thanks to the targeted use of hygienic materials, smooth and easy-to-clean surfaces, and special design principles, the products satisfy the very highest hygiene and cleanroom standards and are ideal for sensitive production environments.
Advantages of hygienic design
The range includes panel PCs, control panels, I/O components, servomotors including planetary gear units, intelligent transport systems, and matching cables with stainless steel connectors.
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The control panels with mounting arm adapter and the built-in control panels in a high-quality stainless steel design are suitable for use as display and operating devices under IP65 conditions. In addition, all built-in panel PCs and built-in control panels can be ordered with an optional stainless steel front. The stainless steel built-in panel PCs are equipped with Intel Atom® processors, providing a powerful platform for use in machine and system engineering.
The EtherCAT Box modules in a EQxxxx stainless steel housing are specially designed for use in extremely harsh and corrosive industrial environments. They meet the IP69K protection rating for maximum resistance and are ideal for use directly in the field. Thanks to EtherCAT, they offer an integrated control system for fast and highly precise data processing.
The portfolio includes:
EtherCAT cables with stainless steel connectors complete the stainless steel product range.
In the area of drive technology, motors and gearboxes as well as the XTS linear transport system are available in stainless steel. The Beckhoff AM8800 servomotor series is classified as protection rating IP67 and is suitable for use in extremely harsh or corrosive environments. The motors from the AM8800 series are also available with the option of IP69K protection, making them suitable for cleaning with high-pressure cleaners. The low-backlash planetary gear units from the AG2800 series with an output shaft in a hygienic design are ideally suited to all applications in which fast, efficient, and reliable cleaning is important – particularly in areas that come into direct contact with food.
The anodized servomotors from the AM8700 series combine the advantages of the highly dynamic AM8000 standard servomotors with the requirements of the packaging and food industries. They also meet the requirements for hygienic design, making them ideal for the food, pharmaceutical, and chemical industries.
With its high protection rating of IP69K and the hygienic design – with no concealed edges or undercuts – the XTS Hygienic is also ideal for use in hygienically demanding environments, and is easy to clean.
With the APM4330-0001-0000, the XPlanar system also offers a mover variant that is fully encapsulated in stainless steel and is easy to clean. As the associated drive – the XPlanar tiles APS4xxx – can be covered with stainless steel or completely enclosed, this results in a well-rounded solution for sensitive areas, even those with hovering intelligent product transport.