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Applications
We have implemented countless drive, control and automation solutions for a wide range of customers. A selection of the applications can be found below. Click on a tab to see all the references of the sector in question and move over an area to read the solution.
Filling bottles without foaming
Beverages & bottling
Filling bottles without foaming
Wish: Accurately position bottles in a filling machine to reduce foaming. Solution: To fill carbonated beverages at exactly the right angle, we position the bottle neck with a worm gear motor driven by a MIG encoder.
Coil freezer and cooler
Fish & meat processing
Coil freezer and cooler
Wish: Drive modular loading systems for optimum product flexibility of hygienic spiral freezers and chillers. Solution: Stainless steel drives with -40°C NOTOX oil maintain drive efficiency in these harsh conditions and ensure continuous operation.
Sieving and washing vegetables with adjustable butterfly valves
Vegetable & fruit processing
Sieving and washing vegetables
Wish: Precisely adjust individually adjustable butterfly valves for correct flow rate.
Solution: Electrically driven butterfly valves with MIG encoder feedback. Precision adjustment ensures optimum turbulence and flow rate to thoroughly clean vegetables.
Stainless steel spindle lift drive for bottle cleaning
Beverages & bottling
Stainless steel spindle lift drive for bottle cleaning
Wish: Accurately position lift platform to guide recycled bottles through cleaning machine.
Solution: Mechanically linked spindle lift drives hygienically integrated into the machine. Stainless steel spindle lift drive can easily be cleaned in daily cleaning cycles.
Portioning sausage fillings
Fish & meat processing
Portioning sausage fillings
Wish: Drive meat mills and portioning machines for accurate portioning or filling.
Solution: Matched machines with synchronous VFD and MIG encoder. User-friendly HMI makes adjustment easy for different portion sizes or sausage types.
Positioning bottles
Beverages & bottling
Mechanically aligning bottles
Wish: Precise mechanical alignment of PET/glass bottles, vials, jars and cans. Solution: Spiral drive line for filling preparation in automatic high-speed filling systems. Drive line runs 24/7 and monitors power consumption and temperature to promptly signal anomalies.
Flexible vegetable cutting
Vegetable & fruit processing
Flexible vegetable cutting
Wish: Cut various vegetable products such as cabbages, onions and paprikas. Solution: HMI touchscreen for correct setting of wing knife speed. The continuously adjustable belt cutter wing knife is easy to control and change between products.
Brewing machine speed
Beverages & bottling
Brewing machine speed
Wish: Control correct speed of pump and mixing system for brewing machines where hopped wort is produced.
Solution: MIG encoder feedback and HMI monitoring for correct speed setting. Different cycles can easily be programmed and run automatically with a PLC.
Monitoring for delicate fruit
Vegetable & fruit processing
Processing delicate fruit
Wish: Peel, pit, slice or de-stem soft fruit.
Solution: Careful stepwise handling of fragile fruit by monitoring and built-in safety functions (software and hardware).
Rotary bottle sorter
Beverages & bottling
Bottle sorter
Wish: Drive a rotary bottle sorting machine to sort and transport unsorted PET bottles.
Solution: Reliable continuous-duty three-phase motors move bottles to the production line. VFD platform speed can easily be adjusted to suit the type and number of bottles.
Driving IP69K cutting blades
Fish & meat processing
Driving IP69K cutting blades
Wish: Drive for cutting poultry on an automatic processing line with strict hygiene standards.
Solution: A V19-mounted IP69K stainless steel motor with drain channels to discharge waste and water and protect vital seals.
Vibration system for efficient blanching
Vegetable & fruit processing
Vibration system for blanching
Wish: Efficient, high-quality blanching using water, steam or spraying. Solution: Conveyor with a vibration system to separate and blanch vegetables for ready-to-eat meals. The VFD conveyor provides the right processing speed for perfect blanching.
VFD drum motor
Fish & meat processing
VFD drum motor
Wish: Automatic deboning, descaling and peeling of fish and seafood. Solution: Conveyor with integrated drum motor and pressure rollers. VFD drum motor allows the speed to be matched to the product quantity and shape.
Flexible vegetable sorting
Vegetable & fruit processing
Flexible vegetable sorting
Wish: Flexible sorting of dried fruit, carrots or courgettes with variable shape and weight.
Solution: A VFD conveyor for gravity sorting machines with adjustable speed. The HMI is easy to operate and set to the right speed.
Hygienic molding machine
Fish & meat processing
Hygienic molding machine
Wish: Continuous hygienic drive of forming machines for chicken nuggets, fillets and steaks.
Solution: A rotating drum driven by stainless steel bevel gear motors. Withstands daily high-pressure cleaning to combat bacterial contamination.
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Cutting flowers to varying lengths
Flowers & bulbs
Cutting flowers
Wish: Adjustable cutting unit for cutting flowers at variable lengths.
Solution: To streamline and accelerate flower cutting, a MIG encoder-controlled unit cuts flowers to the HMI setting length. A PLC-controlled conveyor with programmable speed delivers the flowers.
Operating egg transport system
Livestock & poultry farming
Operating egg transport system
Wish: Move eggs carefully and efficiently.
Solution: Egg trays transported to cart feed unit by a PLC-controlled vacuum conveyor that gently pushes trays into tray cart. Precise MIG encoder in cart feed drive for accurate positioning and minimal egg damage.
Controlling overhead trolley speed
Harvesting & crop care
Controlling overhead trolley speed
Wish: Control speed of overhead crop car to perform essential tasks.
Solution: User-friendly HMI control panel for two synchronized drive motors. Car automatically adjusts to speed of sowing or harvesting process.
Automatically de-rooting flower bulbs
Flowers & bulbs
De-rooting flower bulbs
Wish: Automatically remove roots in a peeler with adjustable pressure. Solution: A machine with HMI-adjustable stroke for optimal, clean results. PLC-controlled rollers turn in alternating directions to remove the roots.
Operating outdoor irrigation system
Harvesting & crop care
Operating outdoor irrigation system
Wish: Adjust flow rate of outdoor irrigation system.
Solution: Mechanical variator or electronic controller with HMI for easy manual adjustment even with muddy hands. No risk of (electronic) problems in irrigation process.
Dividing flower bulbs
Flowers & bulbs
Dividing flower bulbs
Wish: Automatically and carefully remove small bulbs from large bulbs. Solution: Two VFDs control belt speeds and speed difference to quickly and effectively separate large bulbs from small ones with minimal damage.
Efficiently drive manure robots
Livestock & poultry farming
Efficiently drive manure robots
Wish: Autonomous energy-efficient drive of manure robots.
Solution: Hypoid gear unit and attached DC motor with precise steering for navigation in the stable. Hypoid unit boosts manure robot efficiency, smaller battery pack sufficient.
Efficiently operate nest system
Livestock & poultry farming
Efficiently operate nest system
Wish: Encourage hens to leave the nest area in an animal- friendly way.
Solution: Timer-driven PLC-controlled expulsion system in automatic laying nests forces hens from nest at night. Quiet, efficient egg conveyor carries eggs to next processing step.
Driving and controlling mushroom picking bridge
Harvesting & crop care
Mushroom picking bridge
Wish: Automatic mushroom processing: sort; cut stems; pick, fill and weigh trays.
Solution: Automatic picking gantry continuously driven by efficient hypoid drives. Processes perfectly coordinated by PLC-controlled drives for optimal efficiency and speed.
PLC-controlled flower bulb harvesters
Flowers & bulbs
Flower bulb harvesters
Wish: Drive for bulb harvesters with optimum link to processing system. Solution: A custom VFD controller with PLC simultaneously controls switch systems, conveyors and curve belts to multiple machines and ensures optimum coordination.
Driving conveyor in seeder
Harvesting & crop care
Driving conveyor in seeder
Wish: Automatic pulp dosing from mix tank to sower seed trays.
Solution: Synchronized conveyor with encoder feedback moves seed trays automatically. PLC-controlled dosing unit on mix tank ensures correct amount preventing waste.
Automatic removal of cutting and bulb waste
Flowers & bulbs
Automatic waste disposal
Wish: Drive for automatic discharge of cutting and bulb waste.
Solution: A MIG encoder-controlled drive moves each full box so the next box can be placed and filled correctly. A simple PLC with encoder controls this system.
Controlling manure pushers
Livestock & poultry farming
Controlling manure pushers
Wish: Drive and control manure pushers in cowsheds.
Solution: Manure pusher controlled by electronic units with stepless traction protection and automatic start/stop. Manure pusher position determined by MIG feedback, even after a fault or power failure.
Controlling the speed of pipe rail cars
Harvesting & crop care
Controlling the speed of pipe rail cars
Wish: Adjust height and speed of tube rail cars in overhead crop care.
Solution: Height and speed easily and safely coordinated by PLC software. MIG encoder gives accurate feedback on car position and height and prevents unwanted acceleration.
Driving manure conveyor
Livestock & poultry farming
Driving manure conveyor
Wish: Faster manure drying with fully automatic manure conveyor.
Solution: Manure distributed evenly over different layers by synchronous conveyor drives. Elevator section with drum motor dumps manure into a container outside the stable.
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Servo solution for optimal storage systems
Intralogistics & distribution
Servo solution for optimal storage systems
Wish: Optimize productivity, space utilization, inventory management and real-time load tracking.
Solution: A servo system with smart controls ensures exceptionally high throughput in fully automated storage systems.
Carefully packing confectionery products
Food & preserves
Pack confectionery products
Wish: Fill boxes or trays with delicate confectionery products without damage.
Solution: An accurate pick-and-place servo system fills boxes with high stability. This reduces the risk of damage from vibration or falling and allows careful packing.
Automatic bottle labeling
Non-food packaging
Automatic bottle labeling
Wish: Automatically align pre-printed adhesive labels on plastic bottles.
Solution: An electrically driven massage belt presses the label around the bottle. During labeling the bottles move on a VFD conveyor with adjustable side guides.
Efficient luggage handling systems
Intralogistics & distribution
Efficient luggage handling systems
Wish: Handle baggage at airports efficiently, quickly and with high capacity.
Solution: Robust baggage handling systems driven by integrated drum motors that can run 24/7. Maintenance free.
VFD stretch hooder
Non-food packaging
Operating stretch hooder
Wish: Stretch film wrapper with controlled film feed for sustainability.
Solution: The VFD worm gear motor controls film feed from the winder. The feed rate is synchronized to the packing speed and can easily be adjusted to suit the product dimensions.
Efficient hermetic packaging
Food & preserves
Efficient hermetic packaging
Wish: Efficiently package delicate products (wraps, cheese, pancakes) in plastic or film.
Solution: An efficient drive for hygienic filling and closing machines. The MIG encoder control system of the film line ensures accurate bag length to avoid waste.
Driving and steering AGVs
Intralogistics & distribution
Driving and steering AGVs
Wish: Load, unload, store and retrieve products, pallets or boxes automatically.
Solution: Drive and control automatic guided vehicle (AGV) drive and steering unit with outstanding precision and constant speed.
Pick-and-place robot arm
Non-food packaging
Pick-and-place robot arm
Wish: Quickly pack products in boxes with a robot case packer.
Solution: Robot box filler with pick-and-place arm. Integrated direct drive servo motors for high torque transfer. A lightweight, efficient and flexible dynamic drive.
Precise palletizer positioning
Intralogistics & distribution
Palletizer positioning
Wish: Automatic bag stacking in different patterns and on different pallets.
Solution: MIG encoder position detection for precise gripper positioning. Together with VFD motors, this enables stacking in different patterns and on different pallets.
Molding bottles with extruder drives
Food & preserves
Molding bottles
Wish: Drive an extruder for extrusion blow molding.
Solution: Special extruder drives heat the thermoplastic. Servo technology precisely positions and clamps the nozzle so the air or gas can be optimally blown into the tube segment to form the parison to the die shape.
Sustainable automatic custom packaging
Non-food packaging
Sustainable variable packaging
Wish: Drive a sustainable packaging machine to make custom boxes for individual orders.
Solution: The machine quickly scans the dimensions of each order with optical sensors. The highly dynamic servo drive processes the input and folds a cardboard box matching the product dimensions.
Parcel sorting machine motion control
Intralogistics & distribution
Parcel sorting machine motion control
Wish: Unload parcels from trucks in a distribution center automatically in the right place.
Solution: Complex dynamic drive systems intercommunicating through multi-axis motion controllers with route calculation, speed control and position compensation.
Reduce waste with multi-head weighers
Food & preserves
Multi-head weighers
Wish: Prevent waste in the packaging process.
Solution: Multi-head weigher with individual servo-driven weighing heads. Multi-axis motion controller for automatic feedback to weighing heads, enabling product adaptation to avoid waste.
Hygienic ampoule filling
Non-food packaging
Hygienic ampoule filling
Wish: Fill ampules for injectable medicines without risk of bacterial contamination.
Solution: An aseptically driven conveyor guides the ampules smoothly to the feed auger, where they are lined up for hygienic opening, filling and closing. The fill volume can easily be set via the HMI control panel.
Filling stickpacks with servo drive
Food & preserves
Filling stickpacks
Wish: Fill stick packs with on-the-go consumer goods (coffee, drink flavors, sugar, herbs and sauces).
Solution: Servo-driven process sequence. The bags are accurately filled with the right amount and the film is carefully sealed on three sides, then the individual stick packs are cut and separated.
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Filling big bags with dry animal feed
(Animal) food
Filling big bags
Wish: Fill bulk bags in big bag system with dry feed (grains, legumes, soy scrap).
Solution: VFD shaker or vibrator plate for perfect big bag filling. Compacts product and makes transportation easier.
Waste flow conveyor
Recycling & waste disposal
Waste flow conveyor
Wish: Discharge waste from vibratory feed to cyclone separator.
Solution: Conveyor with drive drum and thermal overload protection carries waste to high-speed magnetic rotor.
Mineral and stone handling
Mining & minerals
Mineral and stone handling
Wish: Process minerals or stone in a transfer system using belt, chain or plate conveyors.
Solution: Conveyors with integrated protected drum motors feed the material. Belt alignment, emergency pull and position switches operated easily from central HMI control panel.
Separating material with a wind sifter
Recycling & waste disposal
Operating wind sifter
Wish: Separate different-weight particles (household waste, paper and plastic) using a wind sifter.
Solution: Easily adjustable VFD fan generates crossflow that separates heavy materials from light materials.
Vertical transport of bulk material
(Animal) food
Vertical bulk transport
Wish: Efficiently transport grains or other dry, non-abrasive or pressed materials to great heights.
Solution: VFD vertical conveyors, elevating conveyors or bucket elevators for high silos or factories. VFD system ensures correct speed and throughput.
Sieving and separating rubber granulate
Recycling & waste disposal
Sieving and separating rubber granulate
Wish: Sort rubber tire granulate with a rotary sieve.
Solution: Electrically driven adjustable eccentric weights optimize horizontal amplitude for higher capacity. Sieve separator produces swirling vibratory motion to improve separation based on shape and size.
Frequency regulation for herb supply
(Animal) food
Herb and powder feed
Wish: Correct herb or powder feed for big bags or plastic-sealed cartons.
Solution: Stainless steel dosing screws with VFD. PLC with MIG encoder automatically places package at the right filling point. Speed and filling time can easily be adjusted.
Driving decanting machine
Mining & minerals
Driving decanting machine
Wish: Separate ores (gold, silver, copper) in a decanter with a differential bowl and scroll drive.
Solution: Encoder feedback makes the scroll speed different from the bowl speed, so the separated solids move to the end of the bowl.
Ribbon screw mixer for baby powders
(Animal) food
Mixing baby powders
Wish: Optimal mix accuracy with ribbon screw mixer for baby powders with unimpaired quality.
Solution: Bevel gear motors for high radial loads ensure high and adjustable agitator speed. Forced cooling maintains motor efficiency even at very low speeds.
Dust-free emptying of powder drums
Mining & minerals
Dust-free drum emptying
Wish: Empty mineral powder drums dust-free at a safe distance.
Solution: Drum/container handling system automatically removes lid, then a servo-driven arm grips, turns and empties the drum dust-free with the operator at a safe distance.
ATEX fan motor
Mining & minerals
ATEX fan motor
Wish: Compact, safe dust collection system for industrial applications with suction filter and integrated fan.
Solution: ATEX certified fan motor driven by VFD. Filter/cleaning levels set on HMI screen. Integrated forced cooling maintains motor efficiency even at 5 Hz.
Electronic waste shredding
Recycling & waste disposal
Electronic waste shredding
Wish: Crush electronic/electrical waste, cables and aluminum scrap with a granulator or shredder.
Solution: A mechanical controller operating according to the power consumption of the VFD motor ensures optimal machine loading.
VFD for hammer mills
(Animal) food
VFD for hammer mills
Wish: Grind soft to medium-hard products such as grains and sugars.
Solution: Easily adjustable VFD in hammer mill precisely matches rotor speed to desired result. Select fine or coarse grinding on integrated HMI screen.
Limiting moisture in plastic flake stream
Recycling & waste disposal
Flake stream drying
Wish: After washing, tumble dry a plastic flake stream to reduce moisture.
Solution: Powerful, energy-efficient three-phase motors produce centrifugal force resulting in high friction, driving moisture out of the material.
Correct dosing in extraction process
Mining & minerals
Correct dosing in extraction process
Wish: Constant flow of sand and gravel during extraction from silo with vibrating chute.
Solution: A vibration motor perfectly matched to the application, bulk material and weight ensures correct dosing.
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Conveyors in fish processing system
Sea fishing & fish farm
Conveyors in fish processing system
Wish: Drive a conveyor in a fish processing system on board a trawler. Solution: The conveyor continuously moves the fish while the high-tech PLC controls the weighing system with swell compensation.
Driving barrel transport crane
Ports & cargo transfer
Operating crane
Wish: Drive a crane to carefully move barrels.
Solution: Accurate MIG encoder feedback prevents gripper arms from opening too wide or clamping barrels too hard.
Electrically driving cutter suction dredges
Offshore
Driving cutter suction dredges
Wish: Cutter suction dredger electric drive adaptable to local power.
Solution: Dredger pump and hydraulic system driven by durable marine electric motors with C5-M coating and VFD; The system is flexible, durable and usable worldwide.
Driving ice chipping machine
Sea fishing & fish farm
Driving ice chipping machine
Wish: Produce ice shards on site to cool prawns.
Solution: A frozen metal cylinder, hygienically driven by a stainless steel worm gear unit, rotates in a water bath to produce ice shards.
MIG for mobile crane positioning
Ports & cargo transfer
MIG for mobile crane positioning
Wish: Position mobile harbor cranes for ship-to-shore container transfer.
Solution: MIG encoder feedback accurately positions the crane. A safety system prevents container lifting if the crane is not correctly positioned.
Driving offshore fish farm winch system
Sea fishing & fish farm
Driving offshore fish farm winch system
Wish: Winch system for setting and hauling in nets at an offshore fish farm.
Solution: An IP67-protected aseptic gear motor with special C5 marine coating lifts and winds the net with controlled speed.
Driving wind turbine mechanisms
Offshore
Driving yaw head and blade adjustment
Wish: Drive and control wind turbine yaw head and blade angle.
Solution: Yaw mechanism and blade angle driven by planetary gear motors. The pitch drives ensure ideal blade angles and are suitable for high radial and axial loads.
Driving and positioning eccentric machines
Ports & cargo transfer
Eccentric machines
Wish: Drive and position rotating machines with eccentric loads such as sorting grippers and cranes.
Solution: Integrated worm gear unit driven by an electric or hydraulic motor with encoder feedback, possibly with another reduction gear unit.
Positioning ship bow thruster
Offshore
Positioning ship bow thruster
Wish: Position a steerable bow thruster.
Solution: A three-phase motor with MIG encoder rotates the propeller 360° on the vertical axis in the azimuth bow thruster. This provides propulsion, steering and positioning thrust and superior maneuverability.
Driving shale shakers
Offshore
Driving shale shakers
Wish: Remove large solids from drilling fluid on a drilling platform with shale shakers.
Solution: Shaker bed linear motion produced by at least two vibration motors, adaptable to all types of mud and chips.
Skinning fish fillets
Sea fishing & fish farm
Skinning fish fillets
Wish: Automatic skinning machine for very fine, delicate work.
Solution: A mechanically adjustable smooth roller applies minimum pressure to fillets for optimal yield. Motor variator for adjustable roller processing speed.
Driving and controlling jack systems
Ports & cargo transfer
Driving and controlling jack systems
Wish: Drive and control jack systems.
Solution: Jack system with advanced VFD and variable speed planetary drives. The VFD system provides controlled start and accurate speed control for improved efficiency.
Driving and operating winches
Ports & cargo transfer
Driving and operating winches
Wish: Drive winches moving heavy machinery or cargo on a cargo vessel.
Solution: VFD, encoder feedback and a simple handheld control panel for easy crane positioning and safe cargo moving.
Debearding mussels
Sea fishing & fish farm
Debearding mussels
Wish: Automatic debearding of mussels.
Solution: Two contra-rotating shafts pull beards off the mussels. A helical bevel gear unit with C5 marine coating drives the profiled shafts with VFD speed control.
Driving offshore pipe-laying system
Offshore
Driving pipe-laying system
Wish: Offshore pipelayer with pipe fed from reels and laid via tension rollers. Solution: Robust electric motors with an advanced electrical system to control the tension in the pipe even when the vessel is moving.
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