food Marketing - Technology 4/2023

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Tailor-made drive solutions
In consultation with the customer, the
industry experts configure tailor-made
drive solutions for the bakery industry
from NORD’s comprehensive modular
system. The powerful MAXXDRIVE®
industrial gear units are used for large
agitating and kneading systems. These
high-performance gears with torques
of up to 250,000 Nm pay off – for
example, especially when preparing
dough where large quantities are
involved and where the viscosity is
also changed by adding flour, eggs or
water.
For the MAXXDRIVE® industrial gear
units, NORD offers the SAFOMI-IEC
adapter as an option for agitators. The
SAFOMI adapter does not require an
oil tank and hoses as well as radial
shaft seals between the gear unit
and IEC cylinder. The elimination of
several sealing and connection points
increases the reliability with reduced
maintenance effort. Furthermore, the
compact design reduces the installation
space.
If NORD’s standard modular system is
ever insufficient for the configuration
of a tailor-made drive system, the
company’s engineering specialists also
develop customized solutions from
scratch. “Customer satisfaction is our
top priority, not so much the series
size”, Jörg Niermann emphasises.
NORD offers customized development
even for small quantities.
For applications with high temperature
ranges, such as fermentation ovens and
continuous ovens, or low temperature
ranges, such as freezers and coolers,
NORD can also provide applicationspecific
solutions.
Hygienic requirements
For almost all applications, NORD offers
a wide portfolio of hygiene-friendly
drives. This includes asynchronous and
synchronous smooth-surface motors,
straight and angled gear units as well
as decentralised frequency inverters.
Two smooth-surfaced motor series
have been designed to be hygienefriendly
and are supplied without fans.
The new IE5+ synchronous motor
series integrates the encoder in a
well-protected and compact manner
in the A bearing cover whilst the IE3
asynchronous series protects the
encoder in an add-on housing at the
B bearing cover. Both motors can
also be equipped with brakes that are
integrated in the IP69K add-on housing.
Power and signal cables can also
be designed with high-performance,
hygiene-friendly plugs.
By basing the hygienic series on
the standard series, a large modular
system with various option variants
and great design flexibility is available.
Consequently, it is also possible to find
For large agitators, NORD DRIVESYSTEMS offers a comprehensive portfolio of MAXXDRIVE® industrial gear units with torques of up to 250,000 Nm.
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