Magnets for the Food Industry
Ensure the Safety and Purity of Your Products with an Expert in Magnetic Solutions
In the food industry, ensuring product safety and protecting the supply chain from any metal contamination is essential to maintaining consumer trust and meeting stringent industry regulations.
Backed by over 30 years of experience, our magnetic systems and electromagnets are designed to withstand the most demanding processing environments.
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Magnets for the Food Industry
Achieve Maximum Precision, Purity & Food Safety
Even the smallest metal particle can compromise product quality, consumer safety, and brand reputation.
The efficiency of each magnetic component is essential to eliminating impurities and preserving the integrity of the supply chain.
Our magnetic systems and electromagnets are designed to comply with the highest food industry standards, ensuring contaminant removal and guaranteeing safe, uninterrupted production processes.
Purity & Food Safety
Our magnetic solutions efficiently remove metal contaminants, such as steel shavings, nails, and iron particles, that can enter food products during manufacturing processes. By eliminating these risks, we protect consumer health and ensure that your products meet the strictest food safety and quality regulations.
Commitment to Regulatory Compliance
We rigorously adhere to food industry regulations and certifications, ensuring hygiene and safety in every product.Our magnetic solutions meet the highest standards, helping you maintain a production environment in full compliance with international food safety regulations.
Certified High-Quality Materials
All our magnetic systems are manufactured using food-grade materials, including 304 and 316L stainless steel, which provide hygiene compliance, durability, and corrosion resistance. Additionally, these materials guarantee easy cleaning, essential for food processing environments.
Precise Separation Technology
Our magnets, including magnetic liquid filters and magnetic grids, are designed to capture even the smallest metal particles, ensuring a safe and contaminant-free final product.
With high magnetic flux density, they effectively retain ferrous particles of all sizes across a wide range of materials, from solids to highly viscous liquids.
Adaptability to Processes & Production Spaces
We offer a wide variety of magnetic solutions, such as magnetic grids, drawer magnets, and liquid magnetic traps, specifically designed to suit each production process and layout. Our systems integrate seamlessly into critical points of your production line, optimizing efficiency without causing operational disruptions.
Reliability & Durability Supervised by Our Laboratory
Our magnetic solutions deliver consistent and long-lasting performance. We have electromagnets with adjustable power to ensure flexibility in operations and permanent magnets requiring no power supply, guaranteeing stable and uninterrupted processing.
At our state-of-the-art laboratory, every magnetic component undergoes rigorous testing to verify magnetic strength, structural stability, and corrosion resistance.
Custom Magnetic Solutions for the Food Industry
Protect the Integrity of Your Food Production with Tailor-Made Magnetic Solutions
Every food production process presents unique challenges in hygiene, safety, and efficiency.
At IMA, we understand that each production line and product type requires specific solutions to maintain the purity and quality of food. That’s why we offer custom magnetic solutions, designed based on a detailed analysis of your needs and a flexible approach to adapt to your processes.
Our solutions are developed through feasibility analysis, material selection with precise calculations and simulations, and prototype testing, ensuring optimal performance in your production environment.
Adaptation to Your Processes & Regulatory Standards
We work closely with your company to develop custom magnetic separators and systems that address metal particle separation, equipment maintenance, and packaging line safety. Our solutions are designed to comply with international food safety regulations, ensuring effective protection in sensitive environments.
Specialized Materials & Coatings
Specialized Materials & CoatingsWe use high-quality materials, including food-grade stainless steel, known for its maximum corrosion resistance, easy-to-clean surfaces, and durability in high-demand environments. Additionally, we offer specialized coatings that enhance safety and performance, ensuring that magnetic components remain reliable when in direct contact with food products.
Prototyping & Rigorous Testing in Our Laboratory
Before integration into your facilities, every prototype undergoes rigorous testing in our state-of-the-art laboratory to verify magnetic strength, separation efficiency, and component adaptability to your production line

Magnetism in the Food Industry
Discover All Available Applications and Products
IMA offers magnetic solutions for every phase of the food processing industry. From contaminant removal to secure packaging, our magnetic solutions comply with the highest quality and safety standards, adapting to the hygiene and protection requirements of the food industry.
Metal Contaminant Separation
Preventing contamination is essential for food safety and regulatory compliance. Our magnetic separation systems remove iron, stainless steel, and other metal particles from raw materials and processed products. This minimizes the risk of product recalls, protects your equipment from damage, and ensures the integrity of final products.
Grid and Tube Magnets
Designed for placement in hoppers, silos, and other processing points where they capture metal particles from solid and granulated products.
Drawer Magnets and Magnetic Traps for Liquids
Perfect for removing metal impurities from liquids and viscous products, such as sauces and oils, in high-viscosity processes.
Stainless Steel Magnetic Filters
Suitable for capturing metals at various production stages, ensuring product quality and safety.
Machinery and Equipment Protection
Preventing damage to machinery is key to maintaining production continuity and avoiding costly interruptions. Our magnets and metal detectors remove particles before they reach critical components, extending the lifespan of equipment and optimizing production flow.
Metal Detectors
Identify ferrous particles in production lines and conveyors, issuing early alerts to prevent damage.
Metal Detectors
Designed for high-volume production lines, these magnets continuously remove metals from bulk materials, protecting processing equipment.
High-Strength Magnetic Separators
Ensure constant protection, even in extreme conditions, making them ideal for product recycling and impurity removal processes.
Filtering of Viscous and Liquid Products
Liquid or viscous foods, such as oils, syrups, and jams, require specialized solutions to eliminate metal particles without affecting product flow. Our magnetic filtration systems enable a continuous and clean flow in these processes.
Metal Detectors
Identify ferrous particles in production lines and conveyors, issuing early alerts to prevent damage.
Drum Magnets
Designed for high-volume production lines, these magnets continuously remove metals from bulk materials, protecting processing equipment.
High-Strength Magnetic Separators
Ensure constant protection, even in extreme conditions, making them ideal for product recycling and impurity removal processes.
Stainless Steel Magnetic Filters
Liquid or viscous foods, such as oils, syrups, and jams, require specialized solutions to eliminate metal particles without affecting product flow. Our magnetic filtration systems enable a continuous and clean flow in these processes.
Thermal Conservation Magnetic Traps
With thermal insulation to maintain a constant product temperature, ideal for processing chocolate and other heat-sensitive foods.
Semi-Self-Cleaning Filters
Perfect for handling high-viscosity products, these filters remove metal impurities without halting production, improving line efficiency.
Food-Grade Bar and Grid Magnets
Made of stainless steel and easy to clean, suitable for environments with high hygiene standards.
Machinery and Equipment Protection
The safe and efficient handling of products during packaging ensures that food reaches consumers without contamination risks. Our magnetic systems provide precise, contact-free handling in packaging and labeling processes.
Holding Magnets for Labeling and Packaging
Facilitate label placement and prevent direct contact with sensitive products.
Magnetic Detectors in the Final Packaging Stage
Verify product purity just before sealing, ensuring the integrity of each packaged unit.
Magnetic Systems for Transport and Handling
Improve product flow in the packaging line, reducing damage risks and maximizing hygiene during the process.
Fume Extraction and Filtration Control
Controlling metal particles in extraction and fume exhaust systems is essential to prevent air contamination and maintain a safe working environment. Our magnetic filtration systems retain unwanted particles in ventilation systems, complying with environmental safety regulations.
Magnetic Filters for Extraction Systems
Capture metal particles that may detach during food processing.
Tube Magnets and Magnetic Grates
Placed at strategic points in air ducts, they trap metal impurities to maintain clean and safe exhaust fumes.
Ventilation Systems with Magnetic Safety Filters
Ensure an airflow free of contaminant particles, improving air quality in production areas.
IMA offers magnetic solutions for every phase of the food processing industry. From contaminant removal to secure packaging, our magnetic solutions comply with the highest quality and safety standards, adapting to the hygiene and protection requirements of the food industry.
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