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Smart Robotics, Safer Food: VCU Robotics collaborate with NGI to provide safe solutions for the food industry

Produced with VCU Robotics
Meat, poultry & fish

VCU Robotics, a pioneering start-up in food automation, is transforming the industry with robotic solutions. Their collaboration with NGI has been crucial in achieving uncompromising hygiene standards, ensuring food safety and efficiency for their customers.

”With NGI components, we can always meet the highest hygiene requirements. No more compromises"

Rick VisserR&D Engineer, VCU Robotics

Highlights from VCU Robotics' testimonial includes:

  • Pick-and-place robotic systems for the food industry:

VCU Robotics is a Netherlands-based start-up specializing in pick-and-place robotic systems for the food industry, especially fish processing. They focus on tackling diverse automation challenges, including six-axis robots and innovative product grippers.

  • Time-Saving Innovation & Competitive Pricing

VCU Robotics discovered NGI’s hygienic bearings at a trade show, expecting high costs but finding them reasonably priced. NGI components simplify engineering by addressing hygiene challenges, providing high quality, easy-to-clean solutions with an excellent price-to-quality ratio.

  • Combat issues like listeria

Salmon processing companies benefit significantly from NGI components, which help combat issues like listeria caused by inadequate cleaning. NGI’s hermetically sealed and smooth-surfaced components ensure no bacteria-prone areas, supporting VCU’s hygiene-first policy.

  • Uncompromising hygiene

Prevent bacterial growth by eliminating dead corners and ensuring a sealed, smooth surface. Enhance cleaning efficiency, reducing maintenance time and improving hygiene for conveyor belts.

Latest Product Innovations

Hygienically optimized castors

  • Increase food safety.
  • Reduce water, chemicals and energy consumption
  • Prevent contamination and microbial growth
  • Designed with a one-sided fork housing allowing easy access for cleaning from all angles 
  • Plug&Play installation
  • Self-draining surfaces, completely sealed movable parts

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Hygienically optimized Accessories

  • Increase food safety.
  • Reduce water, chemicals, and energy consumption
  • Prevent contamination and microbial growth
  • Minimizes cleaning time
  • Plug&Play installation
  • Surfaces with maximal roughness of 0,8 μm Ra

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Certified Hygienic CIP Unit

  • Reduced cleaning time
  • Reduced chemical and water consumption
  • Minimal wear and tear on conveyor belt surfaces by minimizing manual cleaning
  • Low maintenance and service requirements
  • Improved work environment
  • Easy to install with flexible mounting

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Certified Hygienic Bearing Houses

  • Reduce operating and maintenance costs
  • Extend the lifetime of your bearings by 4-8 times
  • Save up to 60 % on bearing related costs
  • Complete hygienic design - the only bearing house in the world that is USDA, EHEDG, 3-A
    and IP69K-certified
  • Reduce dirt and bacteria and increase food safety
  • Lubrication-free saving both resources and enhancing safety in your production facility

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We're exhibiting at IFFA 2025 in Frankfurt!

Mark your calendar this May for IFFA 2025 in Frankfurt, the world’s premier trade fair for meat and alternative proteins.

Visit us at Hall 9.1, Stand E73, where innovation meets hygiene!

At NGI, we’re not just showcasing products – we’re leading the change in hygienic design, ensuring safety and quality are embedded in every step of your process. As a vital link in the hygienic chain, we understand the power of collaboration in shaping a safer, smarter food industry.

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Marel Food Processing

Marel Food Processing

Listen to a testimonial from our Danish customer, Marel Food Processing. In this brief interview, Mechanical Engineer Rasmus B. Andersen shares why they rely on NGI components.

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Jeffrey Banks, Managing Consultant at Food Safety Assurance

Jeffrey Banks, Managing Consultant at Food Safety Assurance

Insight into the hygiene challenges in today's food processing environments

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Overbeck Staal in Denmark

Overbeck Staal in Denmark

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Alco-food-machines

Alco-food-machines

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Uptimiz in France

Uptimiz in France

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MORC2 in Italy

MORC2 in Italy

Gain a competitive advantage with hygienic components

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Heinen Freezing in Germany

Heinen Freezing in Germany

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Dynamic Conveyor in the US

Dynamic Conveyor in the US

Gain a competitive advantage with hygienic components

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All NGI products are in stock and ready for immediate dispatch. Our lead time throughout Europe is just 3-4 days. Feel free to call us for non-binding advice regarding your specific product.

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