References

With our extensive experience in drives and controllers, we have been delivering effective solutions to satisfied customers for many years. And we’re still far from done.

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.

Food & Beverages

All Beverages & bottling Fish & meat processing Vegetable & fruit processing

Filling bottles without foaming

Beverages & bottling

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

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

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

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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Agriculture & Horticulture

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 driving manure robots in livestock 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 operating nest system for poultry

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.