Vending machinery with maintenance-free components

Retail technology
Vending and reverse vending machines, parcel stations, POS hardware and payment systems achieve trouble-free 24/7 operation with motion plastics.

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Catering technology
Installation space and weight-saving solutions for maintenance-free components in coffee machines or for complete systems in catering automation.

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Access systems
Ready-to-install harnessed systems, bearing and linear systems for quiet and space-saving use in gates, towers and kiosks.

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Amusement machines
Linear and plain bearing technology, energy chains, gears and gearbox solutions for maintenance-free, durable and cost-effective amusement machines.

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White paper on vending machinery with linear robot systems

Linear robot systems for maintenance-free 24/7 operation
Read the white paper to find out what is possible and what designers should consider when planning the optimum vending machine for their individual application.

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Automatic spice dispenser with linear guide

User reports from the vending machinery sector
The user reports show how low-maintenance products are used in practice and how vending machinery can benefit from drive systems and energy supply.

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Free samples - as a box or customised for your application
Order the free motion plastics sample box with our most important products and information on various vending machine applications. Also available to suit your application.

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Selected motion plastic for vending machinery

e-chains E2 micro

For the smallest installation spaces
UL94-V2 (optional V0)
Strong, light and quiet

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chainflex CF130.UL & CF140.UL

PVC outer jacket (CF140 shielded)
For medium loads
Flame-retardant

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drylin E linear robots

Fast assembly
Defined stroke lengths
Everything from a single source

Information about flat, line and room linear robots

drygear Apiro gearbox solutions

Cost-effective automation
Flexible in use
Up to 2.5Nm in continuous operation

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drylin N low-profile guide system

Very lightweight
Low installation height, 6-12mm
Numerous carriage options

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drylin lead screw technology

Lubrication-free and maintenance-free
Quiet and low vibration
Media-resistant

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Innovative and diverse development of vending machinery

The possible uses of vending machines have become more diverse and with increasing mechanisation, many more new products can be expected. Vending machines no longer only fulfil the function of a point of sale, e.g. they also serve as advertising space and can collect user data for monitoring. They have long been part of everyday life and are usually no longer particularly noticeable. Especially not if they work quietly and without any problems.

Vending machinery covers a wide range of industries and includes retail and catering technology as well as entertainment machines and access systems.

Quiet continuous operation thanks to maintenance-free components in vending machine

Bearing points and gears in the payment system, shelves that can be pulled out with linear guides, electrical linear systems that move scanners or product dispensers, energy chains that guide cables. High demands are placed on all components in terms of function and design, and they are often in use around the clock. Our maintenance-free, high-performance plastics ensure that the vending machine, which actually operates independently, is not permanently dependent on maintenance assistance from us humans.

Advantages of igus products:

Maintenance-free
Cost-effective
Saves installation space and weight
Simple assembly
Complete systems or individual components from batch size 1
Service life calculation
Quiet and low vibration

Tested for real use in the test laboratory

All products are tested for wear and load bearing capacity under real conditions in the igus test laboratory, the largest in the industry. The results are fed into our tools for calculating service life and enable precise predictions to be made about durability.

Upon request, igus also carries out customer tests to test the use of the products under very individual conditions.

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