Nord Drivesystems has launched its ECO service, which aims to reveal to companies the hidden optimisation and savings with electric drives, and to help them find the most efficient solution for their application.
According to the company, with the components analysis, consultation and optimisation, the Nord ECO service enables an energy-efficient system design.
“The first step is the comprehensive collection of measurement values,” explained Jorg Niermann, head of marketing at Nord.
“For this purpose, the so-called Nord ECO Box, a mobile inverter cabinet, is connected between the motor and the power supply.
“The Nord ECO Box consists of an energy measuring device with data logger function, current transformer and cable connections.”
Over a period of about two weeks, the ECO Box records data in real-time about permanent loads, load peaks, and irregular conditions.
Once the survey is completed, the results are uploaded to software developed by Nord that automatically evaluates the data.
Nord offers the ECO service for systems with both its own and third-party components.
“The measurements over time make it possible to create a load cycle for the system. This shows whether a system’s dimensioning corresponds to the requirements of the respective application,” said Niermann.
“We often see drive systems that are oversized for the corresponding application.”
If a system is driven with the drive recommended by Nord, the company offers to carry out a measurement.
As part of a total cost of ownership analysis, the most cost- and energy-efficient solutions can then be determined.
For large systems with several drives, such as in intralogistics, the analysis with the Nord ECO service can significantly reduce the number of different drive systems, which helps to minimise administrative costs and streamlines production, logistics, storage and service processes.
Nord offers high-efficiency motors with constant torque over a large speed range, which are ideally suitable for variant reduction.
