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Timken is a world leader in designing and manufacturing high-quality and premium performance engineered bearings and mechanical transmission products. Our team of engineers work hand in hand with OEMs and End Users to help solve unique food and beverage processing equipment challenges with the goal of improving safety, hygiene, reliability and efficiency.

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Food-Safe Manufacturing Made Possible by Timken

Safe, efficient manufacturing. It’s vital to the health of the products you produce – and the viability of your business. And while your operations must meet demanding safety regulations, they also need to maintain profitable uptime. You need equipment tough enough to handle chemical washdowns, high temperatures, fast throughput and other challenges they endure day in and day out.

Improve Food Safety

Our products developed for Food & Beverage processing machinery are compliant with USDA requirements.

Reduce Maintenance

Premium products tout longer operating lives, even in demanding environments.

Decrease Unplanned Downtime

Long-lasting products and predictive maintenance help you avoid sudden, expensive shutdowns. Avoid costly change-outs with products designed to handle corrosion, thermal expansion and harsh chemicals.

Increase Overall Productivity

Our products are designed for efficiency. You can maintain optimum uptime despite chemical washdowns, high temperatures and fast throughput.

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Equipment and Applications We Serve

Mechanical Processing

Timken® Engineered bearings and mechanical power transmission products run longer under harsh, operating conditions. That’s why they are especially well-suited to demanding requirements of extruders, mixers, peelers, breeders, deboners, slicers and other machines in food processing.

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Extruders

Extruders

Challenges:

Maximizing machine throughput and minimizing machine downtime

Our Solutions:

  • Our high-performance Tapered Roller Bearings, Spherical Roller Bearings and Thrust Bearings are optimized to perform best in equipment with heavy loads
  • All power-dense products achieve heavier-load carrying capacity due to our application specific design capabilities and expert team of engineers, allowing you to process more with less bearing change outs
Mixers

Mixers

Challenges:

Driving mixer capacity, preventing contamination and protecting food safety

Our Solutions:

Stainless Steel Solid Block Housed Unit

  • Timken high-performance stainless steel housing material, food-grade grease and solid lube are designed to optimize food safety and reduce bearing replacement
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Poly-Round® Bearings

  • Poly-Round NA Bearings are a unique solution to ensure food safety because it is lube free, corrosion-resistant and overall easy to clean
  • Ideal for applications where the bearing is over the food and sanitation and contamination are critical concerns
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Cone Drive® Series B Gearbox

  • Cone Drive’s double enveloping gearing technology is tucked inside the Series B gearbox providing more torque and smoother performance versus the competition
  • Unique design is both economical and flexible and is dimensionally interchangeable with many other manufacturers
  • Lightweight aluminum construction with optional washdown features

Stainless Steel Chain

  • Corrosion resistant to maintain food safety requirements while also ensuring the chain’s strength and longevity

Stainless Steel Tensioners

  • Our self-tensioning solution eliminates the need to re-tension the belt or chain, resulting in overall machine efficiency
Peelers

Peelers

Challenges:

Keeping your peeler running and reducing maintenance in harsh environments where constant moisture and dirt are present

Our Solutions:

Timken® Peeler Bearing

  • Built with non-rusting, corrosion-resistant components and requiring no grease in operation, the Timken Peeler Bearing can drastically reduce maintenance needs and downtime
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Lovejoy® QUICK FLEX® Coupling

  • Lower your overall maintenance and repair costs due to our unique lube-free design, and the ability to easily drop in replacement gear and grid couplings
  • Rust-proof to withstand extreme moisture and frequent washdowns

Thermal Processing

High and low temperatures are among the demanding environments that Timken engineered bearings are designed to withstand. Our bearings, belts and chains are designed to provide reliable, uninterrupted services in ovens, fryers, boilers, steamers, coolers, freezers and chillers.

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Ovens

Ovens

Challenges:

Maximizing oven productivity and eliminating time-consuming, difficult bearing maintenance

Our Solutions:

Poly-Round® Bearings

  • Timken’s unique Poly-Round QF oven bearing solution is lube-free, maintenance free and is available with an optional sleeve to improve thermal compensation
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Lovejoy® QUICK FLEX® Coupling

  • Reduce maintenance and downtime with our lube-free, stainless steel coupling

Cone Drive® Series F Gearbox

  • Stainless steel design and IP69k rated for the most demanding hygienic applications
  • Reducer, NEMA, and Servo configurations available
  • Single and double reductions and Cone Drive’s double enveloping gearing technology to maximize torque and ensure smooth performance
  • Factory sealed with food grade lubricant and carries a 5 year warranty
Fryers

Fryers

Challenges:

Ensuring food safety and reducing maintenance costs

Our Solutions:

Poly-Round® Bearings

  • Timken’s unique Poly-Round FA & FE bearings are FDA and EU 10/2011 compliant for direct food contact, ensuring food safety in Fryers
  • No lubrication needed allowing you to reduce maintenance and maximize uptime

Stainless Steel Ball Housed Unit with FVSL525 Solid Lube

  • This graphite based, high-temperature solution helps exclude contamination from abrasive breading materials and is maintenance-free
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Stainless Steel Chain

  • Corrosion resistant to maintain food safety requirements while also ensuring the chain’s strength and longevity

Cone Drive Series F Gearbox

  • Stainless steel design and IP69k rated for the most demanding hygienic applications
  • Reducer, NEMA, and Servo configurations available
  • Single and double reductions and Cone Drive’s double enveloping gearing technology to maximize torque and ensure smooth performance
  • Factory sealed with food grade lubricant and carries a 5 year warranty
Chillers

Chillers

Challenges:

Increasing chiller productivity and reducing maintenance costs

Our Solutions:

Poly-Round® Bearings

  • Timken’s Poly-Round NA bearing is a unique solution to optimize bearing performance in a wet environment because of its lube free and corrosion-resistant design

Stainless Steel Ball Bearing Housed Unit

  • Ideal for wet environments due to its corrosion-resistant design with optional solid lube to reduce maintenance time

Stainless Steel Chain

  • Corrosion resistant to maintain food safety requirements while also ensuring the chain’s strength and longevity

Timken Belts

  • Comprehensive premium quality, heavy-duty v-belts and synchronous belts designed to provide superior performance and reliability

Handling and Packaging

In high throughput applications, unplanned downtime is not an option. Timken engineered bearings, belts and chains are reliable performers in food conveyors; modular belt conveyors; modular belt converts; wire belt conveyors; sanitary wash tanks; single pivot dumpers; sizing, sorting & weighing equipment and packaging machinery.

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Packaging Conveyors

Packaging Conveyors

Challenges:

Maximizing uptime while maintaining food safety

Our Solutions:

Poly-Round® Bearings

  • Poly-Round NA is a unique solution to ensure food safety because it is lube free, corrosion-resistant and overall easy to clean
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Stainless Steel Ball Housed Unit w/ Solid Lube

  • Designed with corrosion-resistant materials and food-grade lubricant, our offering can help extend bearing life, improve uptime and elevate food safety

Cone Drive® Series F Gearbox

  • Stainless steel design and IP69k rated for the most demanding hygienic applications
  • Reducer, NEMA, and Servo configurations available
  • Single and double reductions and Cone Drive’s double enveloping gearing technology to maximize torque and ensure smooth performance
  • Factory sealed with food grade lubricant and carries a 5 year warranty

Stainless Steel Chain

  • Corrosion resistant to maintain food safety requirements while also ensuring the chain’s strength and longevity

Timken Belts

  • Comprehensive premium quality, heavy-duty v-belts and synchronous belts designed to provide superior performance and reliability

Lovejoy® QUICK FLEX® Coupling

  • Lower your overall maintenance and repair costs due to our unique lube-free design, and the ability to easily drop in replacement gear and grid couplings
  • Rust-proof to withstand extreme moisture and frequent washdowns
Weighing Equipment

Weighing Equipment

Challenges:

Elevating food safety and reducing downtime caused by maintenance

Our Solutions:

Radial Poly-Round® Bearings

  • Designed without rolling elements to eliminate the hazard of components falling into food products with the goal of safer food production

Stainless Steel Deep Groove Ball Bearing

  • Constructed with corrosion-resistant materials and food-grade lubricant our offering helps elevate food safety and production uptime with improved reliability
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Packaging Machinery

Packaging Machinery

Challenges:

Maintaining a flawless operation and maximizing food safety

Our Solutions:

Corrosion-Resistant Poly-Round® and Stainless Steel Housed Unit

  • Designed with corrosion-resistant materials and food-grade lubricant, our offering can help extend bearing life, improve uptime and elevate food safety

Stainless Steel Deep Groove Ball Bearing

  • Constructed with corrosion-resistant materials and food-grade lubricant our offering helps elevate food safety and production uptime with improved reliability

Stainless Steel Jaw In-Shear Coupling

  • The Jaw-in-Shear coupling has a radially removable spider which eliminates the need for tools or moving machinery to replace the insert. This results in reduced downtime when performing maintenance

Linear Motion

  • Rollon’s PLUS and SMART series belt driven actuators are used for package labeling and can be configured to create 2-3 axis systems that pick and place individual product, boxes and entire pallets.

Food-Safe Bearings

Food and Beverage OEMs and processors turn to Timken because we offer machine components that meet and exceed stringent food safety standards and regulations across our customers’ process floors. This includes a wide selection of food-safe bearings designed to cope with the conditions that cause many bearings to fail prematurely. Timken food-safe bearings typically cost less to own than original bearings due to longer service life and less maintenance.

A full portfolio of stainless steel, solid lubricated, polymer and metal-detectable bearings is available, as well as housed units for meeting various requirements.

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Superior Food-Safe Power Transmission Products

  • Gearboxes designed specifically for food manufacturing environments
  • Roller, attachment and engineered conveyor chains designed to excel in tough conditions
  • Couplings that are easy to install and maintenance free
  • Belts designed for optimal performance in demanding applications
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Case Studies
Poly Round® Gets a Major Food Processor Out of a Pickle

Poly Round® Gets a Major Food Processor Out of a Pickle

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Corrosion-Resistant Timken Solution Boosts Potato Peeler Performance

Corrosion-Resistant Timken Solution Boosts Potato Peeler Performance

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Timken Helps Beat The Heat With Custom Solution

Timken Helps Beat The Heat With Custom Solution

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Timken Slicer Solutions Provide Savings By The Slice

Timken Slicer Solutions Provide Savings By The Slice

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Drive Chain Upgrade Leads To Major Savings

Drive Chain Upgrade Leads To Major Savings

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Over $234,000 Saved With Timken Solution For Oven Rollers

Over $234,000 Saved With Timken Solution For Oven Rollers

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Breakdowns Eliminated, Maintenance Mitigated For Potato Processor

Breakdowns Eliminated, Maintenance Mitigated For Potato Processor

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Diamond® 300 Series Stainless Steel Chain Keeps Doughnuts Afloat

Diamond® 300 Series Stainless Steel Chain Keeps Doughnuts Afloat

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Poly-Round® Bearing Minimizes Maintenance Needs, Saves $130K

Poly-Round® Bearing Minimizes Maintenance Needs, Saves $130K

Read Full Case Study about Poly-Round® Bearing Minimizes Maintenance Needs, Saves $130K
Rugged Timken Bearings Keep Production Rolling For Cage Unload Systems

Rugged Timken Bearings Keep Production Rolling For Cage Unload Systems

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Timken Improves Reliability, Productivity With Split CRB

Timken Improves Reliability, Productivity With Split CRB

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Two Customers, One Timken Solution

Two Customers, One Timken Solution

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Products

From best-in-class food-safe bearings to couplings, belts, chains, gearboxes and lubrication systems, we offer a complete engineering solution for food and beverage applications. For more information on our complete food and beverage offering, download our Food and Beverage products and services guide.

Timken® Engineered Bearings

Timken® Engineered Bearings feature precision tolerances, proprietary internal geometries and quality materials.

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Timken® Engineered Bearings

Timken® Engineered Bearings feature precision tolerances, proprietary internal geometries and quality materials.

CORROSION-RESISTANT & HYGIENIC BEARINGS:

  • Corrosion-Resistant Deep Groove Ball Bearings with Optically Detectable Blue FDA/EC Seal
  • Solid Lube
  • Poly-Round Plain Bearings

TRADITIONAL BEARINGS:

  • Tapered Roller Bearings
  • Spherical Roller Bearings
  • Cylindrical Roller Bearings
  • Ball Bearings
  • Thrust Bearings
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Timken® Mounted Bearings

Timken® Mounted Bearings are stronger on the outside and smarter on the inside, delivering consistency, control and confidence.

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Timken® Mounted Bearings

Timken offers one of the broadest lines of mounted bearing solutions with various selections for bearing types, sealing solutions, locking options and housing styles including:

Corrosion-Resistant and Hygienic Mounted Bearings:

  • Timken® IP69K Hygienic Mounted Ball Bearings
  • Timken® Corrosion-Resistant Mounted Ball Bearings
  • Timken® Corrosion-Resistant Poly-Round® Plain Bearings
  • Hygienic Design Housings

Traditional Mounted Bearings:

  • Mounted Ball Bearings
  • Mounted Tapered Roller Bearings
  • Mounted Spherical Roller Bearings
  • Mounted Split Cylindrical Roller Bearing
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TIMKEN® DRIVE ® AND DIAMOND® CHAIN

Manufactured to meet or exceed both ANSI and ISO/British Standards and excel in tough, high-performance applications. Lubrication-free chain, precision roller attachment chain, engineered class chain and stainless steel, nickel plated and Silver Shield chains are available.

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Timken® Drive® and Diamond® Chain

Chain

Our chains use FDA approved materials and food-grade lubricants that withstand the stress of high volume production.

Precision Roller Chain

  • ANZI Sizes 35-240
  • Attachment Chain
  • Double Pitch
  • Heavy Duty High Strength Chain
  • Leaf Chain

Corrosion Resistant Chain

  • Silver Shield CR® Chain
  • Nickel-Plated Chain
  • Stainless Steel Chain

Maintenance Free Chain

  • Drives Element™ Maintenance Free Roller Chain
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Belts

Purpose-built and designed for performance in demanding applications.

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Belts

Timken Belts offers a comprehensive line of belts designed to provide peak performance in critical applications such as food and beverage.

  • Synchronous Belts
  • V-Belts
  • Banded Belts
  • Specialty Belts
Belts

CONE DRIVE GEAR BOXES

Cone Drive delivers cutting edge precision motion control solutions for the food and beverage industry.

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Cone Drive

Our gearboxes are suitable for applications with or without direct food contact and include:

  • Series B Gearbox: For applications without direct food contact and designed with conveyors in mind
  • F Series Gearbox: Designed to be in the middle of direct food contact such as cutting, slicing, mixing and blending
Cone Drive

GROENEVELD LUBRICATION

For a wide range of automatic lubrication solutions, Groeneveld products deliver safety and efficiency.

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GROENEVELD LUBRICATION

Groeneveld offers MultiLine, a range of ready to install automatic lubrication kits, specifically for the food and beverage industry.

MultiLine AXL Automatic Lubrication Benefits

  • Cost Savings: A fully automated lubrication system will dramatically reduce the need to replace worn components, will minimize maintenance cycles and significantly decrease lubrication cost
  • Automatic Lubrication: ensures that the correct amount of lubricant is applied at all times thus providing smooth running operation and extended bearing life by preventing the ingress of dirt and moisture during operation
  • Reduce Plant Downtime: Decrease costly machine downtime by reducing maintenance schedules and ensuring prolonged component lifetime
GROENEVELD LUBRICATION

Lovejoy® Quick Flex® Coupling

Lovejoy flexible couplings and power transmission products address critical operational issues that face today’s food and beverage facilities.

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Lovejoy® Couplings

The following solutions are designed to lower maintenance and downtime costs, and reduce noise levels:

  • Stainless Steel QUICK FLEX® Couplings
  • Stainless Steel Jaw Couplings
  • Stainless Steel Jaw In-Shear Ring and Urethane Element
  • Stainless Steel Tensioner
  • Stainless Steel Oscillating Mounts
  • Stainless Steel Universal Joints
  • Maintenance Free Disc Couplings
Lovejoy® Couplings

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