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Updates to helical worm gear units offer wider power range

April 17, 2025 By Miles Budimir Leave a Comment

helical worm gear

NORD DRIVESYSTEMS has announced an enhancement of their UNICASE Helical Worm Gear unit series that will provide additional torque without modifying the outer dimensions or mounting patterns of the units, resulting in a wider performance range without affecting existing customer configurations. NORD’s engineering team accomplished this to give customers added value while remaining a reliable, […]

Filed Under: Gears + Gearing, Mechanical PT Tagged With: NORD

NORD adds gear motor QR codes for faster access to product information

May 2, 2024 By Miles Budimir Leave a Comment

gear motors

NORD’s new gear motor QR codes link to convenient digital services for unit documentation, service and sales contact requests, and order information. QR codes can store a wide range of data and let users access information almost instantly. These stickers are a new development in NORD’s expansive digital services and provide users quick access to […]

Filed Under: Gearmotors, Industrial Automation, Industry News, Motors Tagged With: NORD

New design, frame sizes added to NORD permanent magnet synchronous motor line

August 15, 2023 By Miles Budimir Leave a Comment

motors

Following the launch of their smooth surface IE5+ synchronous motors, NORD has released a new design and larger frame sizes to expand their high-efficiency electric motor portfolio. NORD’s new IE5+ synchronous motor design and larger frame sizes offer increased functionality for a wide range of industries and applications. The new motors include a larger size […]

Filed Under: Motors Tagged With: NORD

New asynchronous motors from NORD feature optimized design for improved performance

February 3, 2022 By Miles Budimir Leave a Comment

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NORD’s newly redesigned 100 frame motors are the first step in updating their asynchronous motor portfolio with an optimized electrical, mechanical, and visual design. The new 3 and 4 hp premium efficient motors offer a simplified assembly including the elimination of a copper rotor as the motors produce the same energy efficiency without it. This […]

Filed Under: AC Motors, Motors Tagged With: NORD

NORD’s PROFIsafe module adds functional safety to drive systems

December 10, 2021 By Miles Budimir Leave a Comment

Functional safety is a fundamental component in drive systems. The SK TU4-PNS, known as the PROFIsafe module, provides comprehensive safety for the reliable operation of NORD drive systems. This PROFIsafe module is a drive-integrated solution for decentralized variable frequency drives that implements functional safety within the system to stop operation and avoid potential injuries or […]

Filed Under: Drives + Supplies, I/O, Networking + IoT Tagged With: NORD

NORD adds new gear units with thermally optimized housings

May 20, 2021 By Miles Budimir Leave a Comment

gear units

NORD’s new MAXXDRIVE XT series features right-angle gear units with thermally optimized housings, output torques from 132,800 to 663,800 lb-in, ratios from 6.14 to 22.91:1, and 30 to 2,825 hp across seven sizes. The MAXXDRIVE portfolio offers parallel and right-angle industrial gear units with high output torques from 132,800 to 2,301,200 lb-in, ratios from 5.54 […]

Filed Under: Gears + Gearing, Mechanical PT Tagged With: NORD

New energy-efficient, washdown-ready motors for conveying applications from NORD

December 3, 2020 By Miles Budimir Leave a Comment

motors

NORD’s new IE5+ permanent magnet synchronous motors are extremely energy efficient and compact for demanding conveying applications, with smooth surfaces that also make them an ideal choice in washdown and other harsh or highly regulated environments. The existing generation of NORD IE3 and IE4 motors already offer impressive efficiency, but the new IE5+ technology takes […]

Filed Under: Motors Tagged With: NORD

NORD offers ECO energy and carbon emission optimization service

November 19, 2020 By Miles Budimir Leave a Comment

motors

NORD emphasizes improving motor efficiency to be able to manage resources, save costs, and protect the environment as industrial electric motor driven systems account for about 23% of all electricity sold in the USA. Studies have shown that for many motor applications the combined costs of purchasing, installing, and maintaining these motors only represents about […]

Filed Under: Industrial Automation, Industry News, Motors Tagged With: NORD

Washdown-ready smooth body gear units from NORD feature patented sealed surface conversion

September 29, 2020 By Miles Budimir Leave a Comment

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NORD DRIVESYSTEMS has developed modular, cost-effective smooth body gear units for washdown applications. This complete solution can tackle extreme, highly regulated environments, such as those within the food & beverage, dairy, pharmaceutical, chemical, car wash, wastewater, and marine industries. NORD smooth body gear units are available with IE3 efficiency motors in powers from 0.16 to […]

Filed Under: Gears + Gearing, Mechanical PT Tagged With: NORD

Industrial gear adapter from NORD for mixing and agitating processes

August 13, 2020 By Miles Budimir Leave a Comment

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MAXXDRIVE industrial gear units are a good choice for use in large mixers and NORD has continued innovating in this field with its new SAFOMI (Seal-less Adapter for Mixers) adapter. This adapter features a flange with an integrated oil expansion tank, increasing operational reliability and requiring less routine maintenance over the lifecycle of the gear […]

Filed Under: Gears + Gearing, Mechanical PT Tagged With: NORD

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