Keeping the world in motion Nord Motoriduttori

keeping the woRld in Motion

Nord Motoriduttori makes power transmission products, manufactured on-site to industrial customers across Italy as well as supplying its German parent company with components for its worldwide operations

Nord Motoriduttori was founded in 1987 as the Italian subsidiary of Getriebebau NORD, the world-leading manufacturer of drive technology. Originally established as a sales office, the company now produces electric motors and gearboxes for the Italian market as well as for other branches of NORD all over the world.

Its state-of-the art plant in San Giovanni in Persiceto, near Bologna, currently employs about 220 people. On-site production of the entire range of Nord Drive Systems products, such as gearboxes, geared motors, electric motors, and frequency converters, ensures faster delivery terms and a complete aftersales service to customers across the Italian market.

Nord Motoriduttori retains a closeness to customers and offers support whenever needed, and also solves the most complex needs in power transmission.

Drive technology leader

Getriebebau NORD (Nord Drive Systems) is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of drive technology – for both mechanical and electronic solutions. Founded in 1965 and now headquartered at Bargteheide, near Hamburg, its range of products includes geared motors, motors, industrial gear units, frequency inverters, motor starters and frequency inverters for decentralised drive control. The Bargteheide facility houses a technology centre, a final assembly plant, a logistic centre and the group administration offices. Several more production facilities are grouped around the site in northern Germany

Today, Nord Drive Systems is putting thing in motion throughout the world. Its powerful solutions drive huge cranes in harbour facilities, retractable roofs in sports stadiums, luggage conveyor belts in airports and ski lifts.

Its products embody an innovative combination of compact mechanics and intelligent electronics. It markets and produces a complete product line of mechanical and electronic drive components including gear reducers, motors, frequency inverters and servo controllers.

With over 60 assembly works and service support locations in all the important industrial nations, Nord Drive Systems can ensure constant closeness to the customer and smooth cooperation on location. It is able to combine the know-how and competence of a global player with the knowledge of the country and culture of its regional partners. Whether in Bargteheide, Beijing or Budapest, Nord Drive Systems can put the world in motion for all its customers across many industries.

on the high seas

Nord Drive Systems has recently supplied geared motors for a fish meal production system on a factory trawler in Germany’s deep-sea fishing fleet.

The Hedinn Protein Plant (HPP) operates 24/7 and processes up to 50 tonnes of raw material every day. During a tour, as much as 1,000 tonnes of fish is caught. Some of the process stages require the use of screw conveyors, dryers, and pumps. These are driven by bevel geared and parallel shaft geared motors from Nord Drive Systems.

During the long weeks at sea, it is important to have a reliable system on board to avoid production losses. However, if there is a problem, spare parts must be quickly available and a global customer service must be ensured. Nord Drive Systems is present throughout the world and never too far from the ship, wherever it may be. A special 24-hour service also ensures that even a completely assembled geared motor is available as a replacement within a very short time

Giving a great performance

Another recent application of Nord Drive Systems expertise has been in the modernisation the stage technology of the Theatre aan het Spui located in the centre of The Hague, in the Netherlands. The entire overhead machinery with all traverses, lighting bridges and pulling equipment had to be installed at a minimum space below the ceiling.

All the equipment was replaced with a new construction - the drive system was modernised and the electronics were brought up-to-date. Three moving gantries, twelve scenery hoists as well as several chain hoists ensure maximum flexibility and enable scenery, curtains, decorations, stage elements, lighting, and sound equipment to be moved to any point in the auditorium.

NORD has supplied three different geared motor types for the Theatre aan het Spui: two-stage NORDBLOC.1 helical in-line gear units with powers of 0.75 kW and two-stage parallel shaft gear units with 2.2 kW as well as 4 kW power ratings. Helical in-line gear units are used for all horizontal movements and parallel shaft gear units for vertical. The drive technology’s main advantage in this instance is the compact design.

meeting future needs

In the last year, Nord Drive Systems has extended its capacities in China and at its U.S. site in Waunakee, Wisconsin. Motor production has also been considerably extended with the completion of a new motor factory in Poland. Meanwhile at the Bargteheide site, a new automated small parts store is being built. By competitively expanding its product portfolio, NORD has kept itself abreast with new developments such as Industry 4.0 and the energy transition.

One of these new solutions is the NORDAC PRO SK 500P. This represents a milestone in frequency inverter innovation, offering ultimate functionality, connectivity, and modularity. In addition to improved characteristics and performance features. The new inverter generation uses the proven NORDAC parameter structure and is physically and functionally downward compatible.

A new IE5+ synchronous motor with a significant higher energy efficiency also supplements the electric motor range. In particular, it can be used for baggage handling, intralogistics and in the post & parcel sector. n