Reliable and versatile – mechanical and plant engineering with item

From machine cabins, enclosures and guards to stairways, platforms and cable guides – use the modular system from item to create customised equipment for your production operations.

How can you engineer factory equipment with item’s modular system?

From wide-ranging protective measures for automated processes to carefully considered cable routing, item offers you flexible, customisable engineering solutions for your operating equipment. The item Building Kit System enables you to tailor solutions to any production environment – whether it involves automation, calls for cleanroom conditions or requires ESD protection.

What are the benefits of item’s engineering solutions for machinery and equipment?

Modular, flexible and robust – use item profile technology to customise the design of your machine cabins, guards, doors, hatches, stairways and platforms. The modular components also provide versatile and effective solutions for supplying your systems with power, compressed air, data and signals.

Machine cabins

Machine enclosures for safe and clean production

  • Custom machine cabins made from Profiles X or Line XMS profiles
  • Minimal assembly requirements thanks to integrated functions
  • Exceptional versatility with an aesthetic design
Doors and hatches

Door solutions for any situation

  • Robust access doors, frames and panels
  • Versatile door solutions for a variety of requirements
  • Available in the Online Shop and suitable for configuration in the item Engineeringtool
Enclosures, guards and partitions

Optimum protection for your workforce

  • Enclosures, guards such as safety fences and more
  • Complete protection for people and machinery
  • Standard-compliant design to ISO 14120
Electricity, compressed air and data supply

Supplying power and data for production operations

  • Reliable supply of electricity, compressed air and data
  • Safe and clean installation of all cables and connections
  • Ergonomic and safe use of power tools and pneumatics

Where can you find factory equipment sample solutions by item?

From machine enclosures, access doors and hatches to guards and partitions – you will find a range of preconfigured solutions in our Online Shop. Use these as they are in your production operations or create your own customised designs on the basis of our sample solutions. Specially designated example solutions can easily be adapted in the item Engineeringtool. Alternatively, use the relevant configurators to construct guards, doors and hatches directly in the Online Shop.

Use preconfigured machine cabins to save time – discover the wide-ranging sample solutions for clean rooms, robot enclosures and many other applications.
From access doors with one, two or three panels to single and double doors for safety guards, you will find a selection of preconfigured solutions waiting for you in our Online Shop – to use as they are or configure in line with your specific requirements.
Discover ready-made designs for guards and partitions for production or cleanroom applications in our Online Shop. Use the solutions as they are or adapt them to your requirements.

Discover ready-made designs for guards and partitions for production or cleanroom applications in our Online Shop. Use the solutions as they are or customise them in our configurator.

What should you know about factory equipment engineering with item?

Efficient, safe and easily adaptable operating equipment lays the foundation for smooth production processes in modern-day industry. This is where modularity really comes into its own. You can use the modular item system to build equipment that adapts to all kinds of different mechanical engineering and plant engineering requirements. For example, you can construct robot enclosures using profiles from our X and XMS lines. These profiles are also ideal for creating clean, self-contained machine enclosures in cleanrooms. Modular, anti-slip stairs and platforms and customisable guards improve safety for both people and machines.

Ensuring an efficient electricity supply is as vital in mechanical and plant engineering as it is anywhere else. Depending on the task at hand, there may also be additional requirements, such as supplying compressed air or sending signals. item conduits protect your cables from mechanical damage, dust and moisture. Thanks to our modular building kit principle, you can also retrofit cable routing to equipment and workstations, along with as many sockets and switches as you want. Comprehensive ESD protection is possible if required. With item, you can also easily create central supply hubs to ensure an organised and functional working environment.

Find out more about mechanical and plant engineering

Automation

Automated production with item

From linear technology and conveyor belts to robot peripherals – process automation takes many forms. Discover what’s possible with item.
item blog

Mechanical and plant engineering in our blog

Want to know more about the possibilities of mechanical engineering and plant engineering? In the item blog, you will find posts covering the basic principles, along with success stories and related news.
item Engineeringtool

Design factory equipment online

Engineer equipment for your factory, whenever and wherever you want – the item Engineeringtool provides you with a 3D environment where you can design and modify projects using a drag-and-drop approach.

Frequently Asked Questions: Factory Equipment Engineering

  1. What is the item Building Kit System used for in machinery and plant engineering?
    The modular item Building Kit System allows you to build custom machine enclosures, guards, doors, and platforms that can adapt to cleanroom, ESD-safe, or automation-specific requirements.
  2. Can I find ready-made solutions for factory equipment in the item Online Shop?
    Yes, the item Online Shop features a wide range of preconfigured sample solutions. These include access doors, machine guards, and modular hatches – all customisable using the item Engineeringtool or dedicated configurators.
  3. Is item technology suitable for cleanrooms or ESD-protected areas?
    Absolutely. Profiles from the X and XMS lines are specially designed for use in cleanroom environments and ESD-sensitive applications, providing safe and compliant enclosures.
  4. How modular is the item factory equipment system?
    The item Building Kit System is fully modular – allowing you to build, modify and scale enclosures, stairways, work platforms and cable routing solutions as production requirements evolve.