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NORD in primary packaging: Process advantages for spray zones with NXD tupH®

With the food-safe NXD tupH® surface treatment, NORD DRIVESYSTEMS opens up new planning options for primary packaging. Aluminium drive solutions are more compact and provide thermal benefits as well as – thanks to NXD tupH® – effective protection against moisture and cleaning chemicals in intensive cleaning intervals.

Bargteheide, 2026-05-20

With NXD tupH® , NORD DRIVESYSTEMS puts drive technology with aluminium housings into wet product-contact areas. The combination of surface treatment and high-performance sealer provides a particularly hard and non-porous surface that can be cleaned quickly and hygienically. Even after numerous cleaning cycles, the sealer does not flake off and thus does not enter the products to be packaged. Thanks to the surface treatment, the protective effect remains unchanged even with minor damages. Decisive for use in wet product-contact areas of primary packaging: NORD drive components with NXD tupH® surfaces are food-safe in accordance with the requirements of the FDA, EU and Switzerland as well as the MERCOSUR states.

This reveals new options for system planning in primary packaging :

  • Drive solutions with aluminium housings are more compact and more scalable than stainless steel for example. Aluminium has a significantly higher thermal conductivity and is more lightweight. NORD’s modular product system furthermore allows the drive components to perfectly fit into the machine.
  • With the NXD tupH®-capable NORDAC ON PURE, the solution provider will soon reveal the advantages of decentralised drive electronics for wash-down areas. Its integrated POSICON software allows for the creation of travel profiles for non-complex servo applications in packaging such as synchronism and flying saw.
  • Wherever servo gear units are oversized in the primary packaging line, NORD offers helical, helical bevel and worm gear units as an economic alternative. With IEC, NEMA and servo adapters, they can be combined with servo motors from various manufacturers. Treated with NXD tupH®, adapters also become resistant, durable and food-safe.

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