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Charlotte Stonestreet
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Study compares drum & gear motors in food industry
23 February 2017
The Department of Food Science at the University of Parma in Italy, in collaboration with the Interroll Group has carried out a comprehensive system comparison between two distinct drive technologies: traditional gear motors against Interroll drum motors.
Prof. Davide Barbanti and his research team conducted a far-reaching comparison along six evaluation criteria: hygiene; installation and maintenance; energy efficiency; noise; working temperature; and space requirements.
Three cases were designed to simulate different areas of a food processing plant, from a washdown application to a packaging line - run over a nine-month period and yielded interesting results. This showed from a food safety point the drum motor was particularly attractive technology for conveyor belts in the food industry.
Download the white paper, “Comparative evaluation between gear motors and drum motors in the food industry," from the Interroll website: www.interroll.com/downloads
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