Food Industry

From Raw Material to Finished Product

From raw material processing including mixing and extrusion to filling and packaging, the steps involved in food production are diverse and demanding. High hygiene standards, consistent performance, and smooth workflows are crucial to ensuring quality, efficiency, and safety at every stage of production.

Components that Meet the Demands

The requirements placed on machinery, systems, and their components are correspondingly high: they must be powerful, durable, and specifically designed for the rigorous conditions of food production. Factors such as ease of cleaning and maintenance, exposure to cleaning agents and disinfectants, and high temperatures demand maximum robustness, corrosion resistance, and a well-engineered, easy-to-assemble hygienic design. Only in this way can process reliability, impeccable product quality, and smooth operations be ensured.

With JAKOB Technology, Production Processes Run Reliably, Hygienically, and Efficiently at Every Stage

Backlash-free couplings: Easy-to-install stainless steel servo, distance, and safety couplings from stainless steel for precision drive technology ideal for beverage filling lines, packaging machines, extruders, and many other applications. ATEX-compliant versions ensure safe and reliable operation in designated ATEX zones, such as in mills where flour dust can create explosive atmospheres.

Mechanical power clamping nuts: Efficient, user-friendly clamping technology for example, for safe blade changes in meat cutters or for other cleaning and maintenance tasks.

Innovative vacuum technology: For applications in packaging machines, such as the coating or metallizing of food packaging materials.

We supply high-performance technology that enhances process reliability, ensures consistently high product quality across all stages of food production, and simplifies cleaning processes to meet the strictest hygiene standards. In this way, our customers benefit from greater cost-effectiveness, reliability, and efficiency.

Jakob – Technology for safe and reliable food production.

Typical Areas of Use & Applications:

 

  • Food and beverage packaging machines
  • Filling machines / systems
  • Extruders
  • Mixers and agitators
  • Meat processing industry / meat cutters
  • Cutting and size-reduction machines / mills
  • Food and beverage processing

 

 

  • Homogenizers
  • Dispersion systems
  • Separators
  • Drying and heating systems
  • Servo drives
  • Worm drives
  • Backlash-free gearboxes
  • Overload protection

Use of a safety coupling in a crusher

Our Product Portfolio for the Food Industry

Stainless Steel Servo Couplings

  • robust – corrosion-resistant – hygienic
  • Temperatures from -40°C to +350°C
  • backlash-free – versatile – easy to install
  • torsionally rigid or vibration-damping

Stainless Steel Safety Couplings

  • torque-limiting – adjustable – backlash-free
  • robust – corrosion-resistant – hygienic – versatile
  • for protection against collision and overload damage
  • for maximum productivity and efficiency

ATEX-Couplings

  • for use in potentially explosive atmospheres
  • backlash-free – robust – easy to install
  • wide range of variants
  • also available in stainless steel versions

Mechanical Clamping Elements

  • robust – powerful – efficient – ​​compact
  • highest clamping forces – low tightening torques
  • maximum operational reliability – also available in stainless steel versions
  • simple, ergonomic operation – accident prevention

Vacuum Technology

  • Vacuum components (ISO-KF, ISO-K, and ISO-CF)
  • Vacuum valves
  • Vacuum pump accessories
  • Vacuum-related services