Washdown servomotor

With the AKM Washdown, Kollmorgen presents a food-grade version of its flexible AKM servomotor series. This servomotor solution for processing and packing foods and pharmaceuticals clearly provides robust benefits for both handling and maintenance. Thanks to its innovative coating and design, it helps to maintain the highest standards of hygiene during cleaning. The AKM Washdown makes it possible to develop machines which are compact, light, high-performance and well priced and thus provides considerable competitive advantages. The AKM Washdown represents a credible alternative over special solutions which include a high proportion of stainless steel and over the standard solutions which are typically equipped with additional enclosures. Compared to corresponding, conventional standard motors with the same output, AKM servomotors are 30% to 50% more compact and 10% to 30% lighter, while their commissioning and maintenance costs are also around 20% lower. Furthermore, by comparison with servomotors containing a large proportion of stainless steel, the weight advantage is even greater and the material costs are about 30% lower. The protective coating consisting of two components, certified by the renowned EcoLab laboratory, does not attract water, in contrast to stainless steel. The surface coating along with compliance to protection class IP 67 permit "wet cleaning" using all commercially available cleansing agents in the range from pH2 to pH12. Cleaning and germicide are further simplified through the omission of an enclosure with hollow sections, as well as by having rounded corners and edges.  Thus, liquids can run off unimpeded and no pockets of contamination can become established. The AKM Washdown motor is available in various sizes. Thanks to diverse design options – with different lengths, winding versions, regenerative systems and connection types available – it can be adapted to individual customer requirements both quickly and affordably. Its compact, lightweight, powerful construction, its innovative design without many stainless steel components and casings, as well as its numerous models and equipment versions allow entirely new complete solutions to be created. The fact that the motor does not require foot mounting, but can rather be attached freely to the machine, is another advantage when designing machines. The servomotors are based on the AKM sizes 2 to 6 and have related performance data, including static torques from 1 to 25 Nm and supply voltages from 75 to 480 V. The hygienic models comply with the international standards UL and CE. USDA and FDA standards are currently in preparation.