Hygiene regulations in thefood industry place high demands on drive and control components with regard tosurfaces and materials, which must be able to withstand regular exposure andresistance to aggressive cleaners. By coating a standard servomotor to make itsuitable for use around food products, Beckhoff a euro ~s protective white coating,which is typical in the food industry, is compliant with FDA regulations andguarantees that the products manufactured with it are not in any way tainted bychemicals when proper wash-down procedures are followed.

The coating is well-suitedfor use around food products and is resistant to aggressive cleaning agents.Apart from the surface coating and stainless steel shaft, the motors do notdiffer from the standard offerings in Beckhoff's high performance AM3000 series. The advantage for theuser is that additional motor types do not have to be a euro ~designed into' themachine in the case of mixed use of coated and standard motors.

Food-grade AM3000 Synchronous Servomotors