Motors & Drives

  NORD DRIVESYSTEMS is presenting its decentralised and intelligent drive concepts for the first time in Hall 3A at stand 465 at SPS IPC Drives 2018 from 27th to 29th November 2018. Product highlights include the NORDAC LINK field distributor seriesand NORDAC FLEX as well as the efficient plug-and-play solution LogiDrive.

Brands of Altra Industrial Motion which include Bauer Gear Motor, Huco Dynatork, Matrix, Stromag, Warner Electric and Warner Linear will be presented at SPS IPC Drives 2018. The stand will showcase the latest technologies and solutions tailored to attain the highest industry standards. Visitors will be able to view the latest products, gain advice from product experts and witness live demonstrations from all brands in Hall 3, Stand 270 from 27th-29th November at Nuremburg Messe, Germany.

For the first time, R. A. Rodriguez will be attending SPS IPC DRIVES, to showcase its extensive range of KHK stock gears. The site gives customers instant, online access to a wide choice of gears for standard applications. The Gear Shop is proving to be the preferred source for a growing number of companies across Europe with sales rising sharply year on year.  

WEG will showcase the new Motor Scan condition monitoring technology plus energy-efficient electric motors with electronic speed control for HVAC applications at SPS IPC Drives 2018, on Stand 466 in Hall 3A. The new Motor Scan product is targeted to deliver remote monitoring of WEG Motors, in order to maximise uptime and enable predictive/ preventative maintenance.

WEG has launched a new guide entitled: Totex for the European water industry, which covers the rising trend of adopting a Totex model to overcome the challenges of the heavily regulated water industry, its benefits, and how specifically using it can help to reduce cost over the lifetime of the asset, whilst at the same time delivering better value and lower bills for end users. The guide also includes real life case studies.

  InstaSPIN-FOC technology enables designers to identify, tune and fully control any type of three-phase, variable-speed, synchronous or asynchronous motor in just minutes.

A range of RS Pro current transformers, which includes more than 100 devices is available from RS Components with highly competitive pricing. These new components target a very wide range of applications including process control, motor control, utility power monitoring, control panels, and in switchgear used in generators and electrical power distribution systems as well as in energy- and building-management systems.

The launch of an integrated dual H-bridge DC brushed motor driver IC that includes an output current limit function rated at 50V/3.0A, has been announced by Toshiba Electronics Europe (Toshiba). The new TB67H401FTG device is suited to applications where monitoring and feedback of the motor state is necessary.

The new PLSES 4500, a high-speed drip-proof induction motor specifically designed for industrial refrigeration, is being launched by Leroy-Somer. Meeting the demand of professionals in the refrigeration sector, particularly as regards reliability and energy efficiency, the PLSES 4500 can reduce power consumption and operating cost by up to 30%.

WEG has recently competed a major investment in the modernisation of machinery at its subsidiary Watt Drive Antriebstechnik in Markt Piesting, Austria. In an initial step, the Austrian gearbox specialist has taken delivery of a new €1.1m production machine. Installation took place in early August 2018 in spectacular fashion (video) with the use of the world's most powerful all-terrain crane, the Demag AC 1000-9, which has a carrying capacity of 1,200 tonnes.